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COVID-19 OPERATING GUIDANCE CARRIES LATEST CDC RECOMMENDATIONS COVID-19 operating guidance carries latest CDC recommendations. The National Restaurant Association has once again updated guidelines to support safe on- and off-premises dining. By National Restaurant Association on May 28, 2021. The industry is beginning to reopen more fully as the weather warms and vaccination rates rise. TRACK YOUR RRF GRANT EXPENDITURES, ENSURE THEY'RE ELIGIBLE The National Restaurant Association and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants developed an RRF Expense Tracker tool to help your track your use of funds in specific categories to ensure they’re eligible. The Excel spreadsheet tool summarizes available guidance from the SBA to assist operators in keeping track of eligible expenses incurred during the covered period. VOTE FOR THE 2021 RESTAURANT LEADER OF THE YEAR Vote for the 2021 Restaurant Leader of the Year. Edit. How automation benefits restaurants. DoorDash taps Stephanie Izard as first chief restaurant advisor. SpotOn raises $125M for its all-in-one restaurant software platform. Sharebite raises $15M to grow workplace food ordering platform. 7shifts raises $21.5M in round led by Danny Meyer. HOW RESTAURANTS ARE ADAPTING AND TRANSFORMING THEIR How restaurants are adapting and transforming their businesses amid the pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic brought about many unprecedented changes for everyone—but the restaurant industry in particular found itself scrambling to adapt to constantly changing regulations, safety guidelines and occupancy limits. From dining room closures to a boom LONG-TERM STRATEGIES TO HELP RESTAURANTS GROW Long-term strategies to help restaurants grow. Edit. How automation benefits restaurants. DoorDash taps Stephanie Izard as first chief restaurant advisor. SpotOn raises $125M for its all-in-one restaurant software platform. Sharebite raises $15M to grow workplace food ordering platform. 7shifts raises $21.5M in round led by Danny Meyer. ZUME SHUTS DOWN ITS ROBOT-POWERED PIZZA BUSINESS Zume shuts down its robot-powered pizza business. The company, once said to be valued at $4 billion, is laying off half its staff and pivoting its focus as it joins other struggling robot-enabled restaurant startups. By Heather Lalley on Jan. 10, 2020. Robot-powered Zume Pizza, which was recently said to be valued at close to $4

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Winsight is a leading B2B information services company focused on the food and beverage industry, providing insight and market intelligence to business leaders in every channel consumers buy food and beverage – convenience stores, grocery retailing, restaurants and noncommercial foodservice – through media, events, data products, advisory services, and trade shows. HOW RESTAURANTS ARE ADAPTING AND TRANSFORMING THEIR How restaurants are adapting and transforming their businesses amid the pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic brought about many unprecedented changes for everyone—but the restaurant industry in particular found itself scrambling to adapt to constantly changing regulations, safety guidelines and occupancy limits. From dining room closures to a boom VACCINATED RESTAURANT GUESTS NO LONGER NEED MASKS, CDC DECIDES Vaccinated restaurant guests no longer need masks, CDC decides. Nor do they need to keep six feet apart from other patrons, according to the updated safety guidelines. By Peter Romeo on May 13, 2021. Restaurant patrons fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can now safely dine inside as well as outdoors without wearing a mask or maintaining six feet 10 STAFFING IDEAS WORTH STEALING Employees can ask questions and watch videos while they perform tasks, even messy ones that require gloves, such as hand-breading chicken. 9. A guest-to-kitchen pipeline. The huge gap between front- and back-of-house pay has turned recruitment for kitchen jobs into an exhausting task for full-service restaurants. FLYNN RESTAURANT GROUP COMPLETES ITS PURCHASE OF PIZZA HUT Flynn Restaurant Group completes its purchase of Pizza Hut and Wendy’s restaurants. The already massive operator has acquired 937 Pizza Hut restaurants and 194 Wendy’s units from the bankrupt NPC International. By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 24, 2021. Photo courtesy of Pizza Hut. Flynn Restaurant Group, already the country’s largest

franchisee

SUMMER IN THE KITCHEN: WHAT CAN RESTAURANT COOKS WEAR? Answer: Ah, summer. The time for Advice Guy questions about how to stay cool by wearing—insert shorts, sleeveless shirts, rolled up pants, etc.—in the sweltering kitchen. Cooks should have their arms (and armpits!) covered in the kitchen. While municipal health codes vary slightly, the FDA food code, upon which health codes are based,

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MISSED YOUR CHANCE AT A RESTAURANT REVITALIZATION FUND Missed your chance at a Restaurant Revitalization Fund grant? Don’t be so sure. Restaurateurs whose applications won't be considered before the $29 billion fund runs out would have a shot at quickly collecting if Congress replenishes the pool. By Peter Romeo on May 27, 2021. Restaurants requesting aid from the $28.6 billion Restaurant SIZZLER SUES THE SBA TO GET ACCESS TO PPP FUNDS The fast-casual chain Cosi, for instance, sued the SBA last April over its inability to get PPP funds. Sizzler did receive a PPP loan in April 2020, for $3.9 million, according to its lawsuit. But the company declared bankruptcy last September, arguing that the pandemic and indoor dining closures along with landlords’ refusal to provide

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COVID-19 OPERATING GUIDANCE CARRIES LATEST CDC RECOMMENDATIONS COVID-19 operating guidance carries latest CDC recommendations. The National Restaurant Association has once again updated guidelines to support safe on- and off-premises dining. By National Restaurant Association on May 28, 2021. The industry is beginning to reopen more fully as the weather warms and vaccination rates rise. MISSED YOUR CHANCE AT A RESTAURANT REVITALIZATION FUND Missed your chance at a Restaurant Revitalization Fund grant? Don’t be so sure. Restaurateurs whose applications won't be considered before the $29 billion fund runs out would have a shot at quickly collecting if Congress replenishes the pool. By Peter Romeo on May 27, 2021. Restaurants requesting aid from the $28.6 billion Restaurant TRACK YOUR RRF GRANT EXPENDITURES, ENSURE THEY'RE ELIGIBLE The National Restaurant Association and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants developed an RRF Expense Tracker tool to help your track your use of funds in specific categories to ensure they’re eligible. The Excel spreadsheet tool summarizes available guidance from the SBA to assist operators in keeping track of eligible expenses incurred during the covered period. VOTE FOR THE 2021 RESTAURANT LEADER OF THE YEAR Vote for the 2021 Restaurant Leader of the Year. Edit. How automation benefits restaurants. DoorDash taps Stephanie Izard as first chief restaurant advisor. SpotOn raises $125M for its all-in-one restaurant software platform. Sharebite raises $15M to grow workplace food ordering platform. 7shifts raises $21.5M in round led by Danny Meyer. FAST-FOOD CHAINS EXPECT A GRADUAL RETURN OF DINE-IN BUSINESS Fast-food chains expect a gradual return of dine-in business. McDonald’s expects to open more this summer while Wendy’s has most of its dining rooms open. But customers are slow to eat inside, at least for now. By Jonathan Maze on May 20, 2021. Full-service restaurants around the country have been opening dining rooms as

COVID-19 infections

HOW RESTAURANTS ARE ADAPTING AND TRANSFORMING THEIR How restaurants are adapting and transforming their businesses amid the pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic brought about many unprecedented changes for everyone—but the restaurant industry in particular found itself scrambling to adapt to constantly changing regulations, safety guidelines and occupancy limits. From dining room closures to a boom COVID-19 OPERATING GUIDANCE CARRIES LATEST CDC RECOMMENDATIONS COVID-19 operating guidance carries latest CDC recommendations. The National Restaurant Association has once again updated guidelines to support safe on- and off-premises dining. By National Restaurant Association on May 28, 2021. The industry is beginning to reopen more fully as the weather warms and vaccination rates rise. MISSED YOUR CHANCE AT A RESTAURANT REVITALIZATION FUND Missed your chance at a Restaurant Revitalization Fund grant? Don’t be so sure. Restaurateurs whose applications won't be considered before the $29 billion fund runs out would have a shot at quickly collecting if Congress replenishes the pool. By Peter Romeo on May 27, 2021. Restaurants requesting aid from the $28.6 billion Restaurant TRACK YOUR RRF GRANT EXPENDITURES, ENSURE THEY'RE ELIGIBLE The National Restaurant Association and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants developed an RRF Expense Tracker tool to help your track your use of funds in specific categories to ensure they’re eligible. The Excel spreadsheet tool summarizes available guidance from the SBA to assist operators in keeping track of eligible expenses incurred during the covered period. VOTE FOR THE 2021 RESTAURANT LEADER OF THE YEAR Vote for the 2021 Restaurant Leader of the Year. Edit. How automation benefits restaurants. DoorDash taps Stephanie Izard as first chief restaurant advisor. SpotOn raises $125M for its all-in-one restaurant software platform. Sharebite raises $15M to grow workplace food ordering platform. 7shifts raises $21.5M in round led by Danny Meyer. FAST-FOOD CHAINS EXPECT A GRADUAL RETURN OF DINE-IN BUSINESS Fast-food chains expect a gradual return of dine-in business. McDonald’s expects to open more this summer while Wendy’s has most of its dining rooms open. But customers are slow to eat inside, at least for now. By Jonathan Maze on May 20, 2021. Full-service restaurants around the country have been opening dining rooms as

COVID-19 infections

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Winsight is a leading B2B information services company focused on the food and beverage industry, providing insight and market intelligence to business leaders in every channel consumers buy food and beverage – convenience stores, grocery retailing, restaurants and noncommercial foodservice – through media, events, data products, advisory services, and trade shows. NEW YORK TO DROP MOST RESTAURANT RESTRICTIONS ON MAY 19 New York will drop capacity limits and nearly all other restrictions on restaurants starting May 19, the same day New Jersey and Connecticut lift their curbs on dining out, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday. Masks will continue to be required in FACES OF THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY UNEMPLOYMENT CRISIS When it comes to the massive unemployment crisis facing the restaurant industry, numbers tell only part of the story. Jobless claims and unemployment figures are staggering, and they’re mounting day by day as the full scope of COVID-19 shutdowns and overall traffic declines comes into full focus.. The restaurant industry lost 417,000 employees last month, effectively erasing two years of job SBA SET TO BEGIN $16B GRANT PROGRAM FOR LIVE-ENTERTAINMENT SBA set to begin $16B grant program for live-entertainment venues. The Shuttered Venue Operators Program is intended to help businesses that were unable to operate because of social distancing, including dinner theaters. By Peter Romeo on Mar. 22, 2021. Dinner theaters and other eating places that generate most of their revenues from charges 10 BIG CHALLENGES RESTAURANTS FACE POST-COVID Restaurant Business Magazine · 10 big challenges restaurants face post-COVID. States may be reopening their economies, but that doesn’t mean that the restaurant industry doesn’t face major challenges. This week’s edition of the Restaurant Business podcast “A Deeper Dive” features Navin Nagrani, executive vice president

and operating

STARBUCKS HIT WITH A RARE SALES DECLINE AS PANDEMIC SHUTS Photograph: Shutterstock. The global coronavirus pandemic has cost Starbucks an estimated $915 million in revenue as its stores closed around the globe and same-store sales declined for the first time in more than a decade. Those numbers will only get worse, though executives expect things to begin to improve once stores start opening

next week.

10 STAFFING IDEAS WORTH STEALING Employees can ask questions and watch videos while they perform tasks, even messy ones that require gloves, such as hand-breading chicken. 9. A guest-to-kitchen pipeline. The huge gap between front- and back-of-house pay has turned recruitment for kitchen jobs into an exhausting task for full-service restaurants. COVID-19 OPERATING GUIDANCE CARRIES LATEST CDC RECOMMENDATIONS The industry is beginning to reopen more fully as the weather warms and vaccination rates rise. In collaboration with safety experts from government organizations, academia, the public health sector, and corporations, the Association has once again updated guidelines to support safe on- and off-premises dining.. New to this update: The CDC’s newest guidance stating that vaccinated people can MISSED YOUR CHANCE AT A RESTAURANT REVITALIZATION FUND Restaurants requesting aid from the $28.6 billion Restaurant Revitalization Fund may not be out of luck if the money runs out before their application is considered, a federal official revealed Wednesday. Testifying before a Senate committee, Small VOTE FOR THE 2021 RESTAURANT LEADER OF THE YEAR It's time for readers to vote on this year's Restaurant Leader of the Year. The award honors the CEO whose work during the course of the year stood out and helped their chain succeed. Voting will be open through May 26, and Restaurant Business will announce the winner in June. In the meantime, all TRACK YOUR RRF GRANT EXPENDITURES, ENSURE THEY'RE ELIGIBLE The National Restaurant Association and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants developed an RRF Expense Tracker tool to help your track your use of funds in specific categories to ensure they’re eligible. The Excel spreadsheet tool summarizes available guidance from the SBA to assist operators in keeping track of eligible expenses incurred during the covered period. HOW RESTAURANTS ARE ADAPTING AND TRANSFORMING THEIR Pizza Hut’s landmark promotion. Pizza Hut Australia, utilized AWS to rekindle the love consumers had for the brand. Celebrating its 50th anniversary of opening its first Australian store, the beloved Pizza Chain decided to give away 10,000 pizzas every day for five days.Chet Patel, Pizza Hut Australia’s Chief Marketing Officer, pointed out that the brand’s partnership with AWS was LONG-TERM STRATEGIES TO HELP RESTAURANTS GROW Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn; Maintaining a competitive edge in the foodservice landscape is no easy task. As any restaurant operator can confirm, succeeding in the modern marketplace requires constant innovation and the ability to capitalize on the latest trends.This is ZUME SHUTS DOWN ITS ROBOT-POWERED PIZZA BUSINESS Robot-powered Zume Pizza, which was recently said to be valued at close to $4 billion, is no more—at least not as a pizza-making operation.. The 5-year-old Mountain View, Calif.-based company this week said it will cut 172 jobs there, 80 jobs in San Francisco and 78 positions in Seattle, according to documents filed with state labor

agencies.

THE LAST REMAINING SAMBO’S FINALLY ERASES ITS NAME Sambo’s, the family restaurant chain that once had more than 1,100 units in 47 states, is down to one remaining location. And, it will finally ditch its name, a name steeped in racist stereotypes, the owners announced late last week. SUMMER IN THE KITCHEN: WHAT CAN RESTAURANT COOKS WEAR? Question: Can cooks wear tank tops in the kitchen? – Steven, Uncle Eddie’s, Georgetown, Ohio. Answer: Ah, summer. The time for Advice Guy questions about how to stay cool by wearing—insert shorts, sleeveless shirts, rolled up pants, etc.—in the sweltering kitchen. WHY IS MY FRYER OIL FOAMY? Top 100 Independents Top 100 Independents 2020. See the full ranking of the Top 100 concepts, which account for more than $1.8 billion in

annual revenue, and

COVID-19 OPERATING GUIDANCE CARRIES LATEST CDC RECOMMENDATIONS The industry is beginning to reopen more fully as the weather warms and vaccination rates rise. In collaboration with safety experts from government organizations, academia, the public health sector, and corporations, the Association has once again updated guidelines to support safe on- and off-premises dining.. New to this update: The CDC’s newest guidance stating that vaccinated people can MISSED YOUR CHANCE AT A RESTAURANT REVITALIZATION FUND Restaurants requesting aid from the $28.6 billion Restaurant Revitalization Fund may not be out of luck if the money runs out before their application is considered, a federal official revealed Wednesday. Testifying before a Senate committee, Small VOTE FOR THE 2021 RESTAURANT LEADER OF THE YEAR It's time for readers to vote on this year's Restaurant Leader of the Year. The award honors the CEO whose work during the course of the year stood out and helped their chain succeed. Voting will be open through May 26, and Restaurant Business will announce the winner in June. In the meantime, all TRACK YOUR RRF GRANT EXPENDITURES, ENSURE THEY'RE ELIGIBLE The National Restaurant Association and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants developed an RRF Expense Tracker tool to help your track your use of funds in specific categories to ensure they’re eligible. The Excel spreadsheet tool summarizes available guidance from the SBA to assist operators in keeping track of eligible expenses incurred during the covered period. HOW RESTAURANTS ARE ADAPTING AND TRANSFORMING THEIR Pizza Hut’s landmark promotion. Pizza Hut Australia, utilized AWS to rekindle the love consumers had for the brand. Celebrating its 50th anniversary of opening its first Australian store, the beloved Pizza Chain decided to give away 10,000 pizzas every day for five days.Chet Patel, Pizza Hut Australia’s Chief Marketing Officer, pointed out that the brand’s partnership with AWS was LONG-TERM STRATEGIES TO HELP RESTAURANTS GROW Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn; Maintaining a competitive edge in the foodservice landscape is no easy task. As any restaurant operator can confirm, succeeding in the modern marketplace requires constant innovation and the ability to capitalize on the latest trends.This is ZUME SHUTS DOWN ITS ROBOT-POWERED PIZZA BUSINESS Robot-powered Zume Pizza, which was recently said to be valued at close to $4 billion, is no more—at least not as a pizza-making operation.. The 5-year-old Mountain View, Calif.-based company this week said it will cut 172 jobs there, 80 jobs in San Francisco and 78 positions in Seattle, according to documents filed with state labor

agencies.

annual revenue, and

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WORKFORCE - RESTAURANT BUSINESS Workforce Lawsuit seeks to overturn NYC restrictions on fast-food firings and layoffs. The action challenges the legality of New York's Just Cause legislation, which prevents certain restaurant employers from dismissing or cutting the hours of an employee at will. VACCINATED RESTAURANT GUESTS NO LONGER NEED MASKS, CDC DECIDES Restaurant patrons fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can now safely dine inside as well as outdoors without wearing a mask or maintaining six feet of distance from other parties, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) decided Thursday. The change will likely

prompt more states

BURGER KING AND POPEYES WILL START REOPENING DINING ROOMS In so doing, the chains would be the first major fast-food concepts to plan to reopen dining rooms. Quick-service chains have done brisk business in recent weeks by focusing on takeout, delivery and, in particular, their drive-thrus, which have taken on a new importance as the pandemic has shuttered restaurants around the country. Chains such as Wendy’s and McDonald’s, as well as Burger THE LAST REMAINING SAMBO’S FINALLY ERASES ITS NAME Sambo’s, the family restaurant chain that once had more than 1,100 units in 47 states, is down to one remaining location. And, it will finally ditch its name, a name steeped in racist stereotypes, the owners announced late last week. STARBUCKS HIT WITH A RARE SALES DECLINE AS PANDEMIC SHUTS Financing Starbucks hit with a rare sales decline as pandemic shuts stores The coronavirus has cost it more than $900 million in revenue, and the company said SUMMER IN THE KITCHEN: WHAT CAN RESTAURANT COOKS WEAR? Question: Can cooks wear tank tops in the kitchen? – Steven, Uncle Eddie’s, Georgetown, Ohio. Answer: Ah, summer. The time for Advice Guy questions about how to stay cool by wearing—insert shorts, sleeveless shirts, rolled up pants, etc.—in the sweltering kitchen. SEARCH - RESTAURANTBUSINESSONLINE.COM Industry Trends, News & Menu Ideas. Winsight is a leading B2B information services company focused on the food and beverage industry, providing insight and market intelligence to business leaders in every channel consumers buy food and beverage – convenience stores, grocery retailing, restaurants and noncommercial foodservice – through media, events, data products, advisory

services, and

COVID-19 OPERATING GUIDANCE CARRIES LATEST CDC RECOMMENDATIONS The industry is beginning to reopen more fully as the weather warms and vaccination rates rise. In collaboration with safety experts from government organizations, academia, the public health sector, and corporations, the Association has once again updated guidelines to support safe on- and off-premises dining.. New to this update: The CDC’s newest guidance stating that vaccinated people can MISSED YOUR CHANCE AT A RESTAURANT REVITALIZATION FUND Restaurants requesting aid from the $28.6 billion Restaurant Revitalization Fund may not be out of luck if the money runs out before their application is considered, a federal official revealed Wednesday. Testifying before a Senate committee, Small TRACK YOUR RRF GRANT EXPENDITURES, ENSURE THEY'RE ELIGIBLE The National Restaurant Association and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants developed an RRF Expense Tracker tool to help your track your use of funds in specific categories to ensure they’re eligible. The Excel spreadsheet tool summarizes available guidance from the SBA to assist operators in keeping track of eligible expenses incurred during the covered period. VOTE FOR THE 2021 RESTAURANT LEADER OF THE YEAR It's time for readers to vote on this year's Restaurant Leader of the Year. The award honors the CEO whose work during the course of the year stood out and helped their chain succeed. Voting will be open through May 26, and Restaurant Business will announce the winner in June. In the meantime, all HOW RESTAURANTS ARE ADAPTING AND TRANSFORMING THEIR Pizza Hut’s landmark promotion. Pizza Hut Australia, utilized AWS to rekindle the love consumers had for the brand. Celebrating its 50th anniversary of opening its first Australian store, the beloved Pizza Chain decided to give away 10,000 pizzas every day for five days.Chet Patel, Pizza Hut Australia’s Chief Marketing Officer, pointed out that the brand’s partnership with AWS was LONG-TERM STRATEGIES TO HELP RESTAURANTS GROW Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn; Maintaining a competitive edge in the foodservice landscape is no easy task. As any restaurant operator can confirm, succeeding in the modern marketplace requires constant innovation and the ability to capitalize on the latest trends.This is ZUME SHUTS DOWN ITS ROBOT-POWERED PIZZA BUSINESS Robot-powered Zume Pizza, which was recently said to be valued at close to $4 billion, is no more—at least not as a pizza-making operation.. The 5-year-old Mountain View, Calif.-based company this week said it will cut 172 jobs there, 80 jobs in San Francisco and 78 positions in Seattle, according to documents filed with state labor

agencies.

COVID-19 OPERATING GUIDANCE CARRIES LATEST CDC RECOMMENDATIONS The industry is beginning to reopen more fully as the weather warms and vaccination rates rise. In collaboration with safety experts from government organizations, academia, the public health sector, and corporations, the Association has once again updated guidelines to support safe on- and off-premises dining.. New to this update: The CDC’s newest guidance stating that vaccinated people can MISSED YOUR CHANCE AT A RESTAURANT REVITALIZATION FUND Restaurants requesting aid from the $28.6 billion Restaurant Revitalization Fund may not be out of luck if the money runs out before their application is considered, a federal official revealed Wednesday. Testifying before a Senate committee, Small TRACK YOUR RRF GRANT EXPENDITURES, ENSURE THEY'RE ELIGIBLE The National Restaurant Association and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants developed an RRF Expense Tracker tool to help your track your use of funds in specific categories to ensure they’re eligible. The Excel spreadsheet tool summarizes available guidance from the SBA to assist operators in keeping track of eligible expenses incurred during the covered period. VOTE FOR THE 2021 RESTAURANT LEADER OF THE YEAR It's time for readers to vote on this year's Restaurant Leader of the Year. The award honors the CEO whose work during the course of the year stood out and helped their chain succeed. Voting will be open through May 26, and Restaurant Business will announce the winner in June. In the meantime, all HOW RESTAURANTS ARE ADAPTING AND TRANSFORMING THEIR Pizza Hut’s landmark promotion. Pizza Hut Australia, utilized AWS to rekindle the love consumers had for the brand. Celebrating its 50th anniversary of opening its first Australian store, the beloved Pizza Chain decided to give away 10,000 pizzas every day for five days.Chet Patel, Pizza Hut Australia’s Chief Marketing Officer, pointed out that the brand’s partnership with AWS was LONG-TERM STRATEGIES TO HELP RESTAURANTS GROW Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn; Maintaining a competitive edge in the foodservice landscape is no easy task. As any restaurant operator can confirm, succeeding in the modern marketplace requires constant innovation and the ability to capitalize on the latest trends.This is ZUME SHUTS DOWN ITS ROBOT-POWERED PIZZA BUSINESS Robot-powered Zume Pizza, which was recently said to be valued at close to $4 billion, is no more—at least not as a pizza-making operation.. The 5-year-old Mountain View, Calif.-based company this week said it will cut 172 jobs there, 80 jobs in San Francisco and 78 positions in Seattle, according to documents filed with state labor

agencies.

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FAST-FOOD CHAINS EXPECT A GRADUAL RETURN OF DINE-IN BUSINESS Full-service restaurants around the country have been opening dining rooms as COVID-19 infections decrease and more people are vaccinated. Quick-service restaurants haven’t been so fast. But that is changing, and the nation’s biggest restaurant chain by sales expects to keep opening more dining WORKFORCE - RESTAURANT BUSINESS Workforce Lawsuit seeks to overturn NYC restrictions on fast-food firings and layoffs. The action challenges the legality of New York's Just Cause legislation, which prevents certain restaurant employers from dismissing or cutting the hours of an employee at will. BURGER KING AND POPEYES WILL START REOPENING DINING ROOMS In so doing, the chains would be the first major fast-food concepts to plan to reopen dining rooms. Quick-service chains have done brisk business in recent weeks by focusing on takeout, delivery and, in particular, their drive-thrus, which have taken on a new importance as the pandemic has shuttered restaurants around the country. Chains such as Wendy’s and McDonald’s, as well as Burger THE LAST REMAINING SAMBO’S FINALLY ERASES ITS NAME Sambo’s, the family restaurant chain that once had more than 1,100 units in 47 states, is down to one remaining location. And, it will finally ditch its name, a name steeped in racist stereotypes, the owners announced late last week. FLYNN RESTAURANT GROUP COMPLETES ITS PURCHASE OF PIZZA HUT Flynn Restaurant Group, already the country’s largest franchisee, has completed a deal that will make the company considerably larger, acquiring 937 Pizza Hut locations and 194 Wendy’s units from the bankrupt NPC International. STARBUCKS HIT WITH A RARE SALES DECLINE AS PANDEMIC SHUTS Financing Starbucks hit with a rare sales decline as pandemic shuts stores The coronavirus has cost it more than $900 million in revenue, and the company said SUMMER IN THE KITCHEN: WHAT CAN RESTAURANT COOKS WEAR? Question: Can cooks wear tank tops in the kitchen? – Steven, Uncle Eddie’s, Georgetown, Ohio. Answer: Ah, summer. The time for Advice Guy questions about how to stay cool by wearing—insert shorts, sleeveless shirts, rolled up pants, etc.—in the sweltering kitchen. Continue to Site >>>

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OUTBACK’S OWNER PUTS ITSELF UP FOR SALE Bloomin' Brands said its stock price doesn’t reflect its performance and that it is exploring strategic alternatives, sending shares

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YUM’S GREG CREED OFFERS SOME PARTING WISDOM The longtime marketer used a presentation at GRLC to share his take on leadership and where the restaurant industry is headed.

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POLLO TROPICAL, TACO CABANA PARENT WORKS TO STEM SALES SLIDE Fiesta Restaurant Group is hoping value menus, catering and delivery will boost revenue after a rough Q3.

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SARDAR BIGLARI DEMANDS DOCUMENTS FROM CRACKER BARREL The activist investor wants records related to Cracker Barrel's purchase of Maple Street Biscuit Co. and its investment in Punch Bowl Social, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

Financing

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Food

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