Heather Lalley
Editor, Foodservice Group
Contact HeatherHeather Lalley is an editor with Winsight's Foodservice Group, covering emerging restaurant concepts for Restaurant Business magazine and RB Online. She also works with Winsight's sister company Technomic to produce research-based reports on emerging restaurants and chains.
Heather spent nearly a decade as a reporter for the daily newspaper in Spokane, Wash. She is the author of "The Chicago Homegrown Cookbook," about chefs who work with area farmers. She holds a journalism degree from Northwestern University and is a graduate of the two-year baking and pastry program at Washburne Culinary Institute in Chicago.
She is the mother of two children and rarely passes up a chance to eat tater tots.
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Page 1How restaurants are finding and retaining workers
In an ultra-tight labor market, operators big and small are increasing pay, offering more time off and trying other perks to staff up.
What's ahead for plant-based meats and proteins?
Suppliers and operators are moving beyond burgers and breakfast meats to grow along with the plant protein trend.