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Peter Romeo

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Peter Romeo is director of digital content of the foodservice group of Winsight Media, with responsibility for the content of Restaurant Business and FoodService Director magazines, RestaurantBusinessOnline.com, and the Restaurant Leadership Conference. The multi-media job caps a 34-year career as a business journalist, including 28 years as a chain-restaurant specialist for such information channels as Nation’s Restaurant News, QSR magazine, and the website of the National Restaurant Association. Romeo’s columns during an earlier stint at Restaurant Business earned him two Jesse H. Neal Awards, business publishing’s equivalent of the Pulitzers. He graduated from New York University in 1979 with honors in history and journalism, and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. He resides in the New York City suburb of Port Washington with his wife, Holly Klokis; four rescued greyhounds; and four ne’er-do-well, slightly nervous cats.

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Workforce

Does employee education boost retention? One restaurant has proof

Chick-fil-A surveyed past beneficiaries of its tuition assistance program and found that 90% intend to keep working at the chain even after they earn a degree.

People

Concessionaire Jack Hough killed in shooting

The nontraditional-siting pioneer died from injuries related to a botched robbery.

Operations

Calif. eyes bill requiring electronic foodservice receipts

Paper versions would be provided only upon customer request.

Operations

New research shows a major overreporting of food allergies

But the data also indicate that more than one out of 10 adults—over 26 million—actually have an intolerance.

Operations

Successful with restaurants, a pilot apprenticeship program is now aiming to develop noncom managers

The NRAEF’s initiative is turning 1,000 line-level employees into career-minded leaders

Operations

Foodservice rethinks the disposable coffee cup

A host of innovations are being tried to divert single-use hot-drink containers from landfills, from cup sharing to “clever cups” that can order and pay for a refill. Here’s a sampling.

Operations

Foodservice operations embrace online sourcing—to a degree

The price benefits don’t always offset the ancillary services offered by distributors, according to new research.

Workforce

Can’t you do better than ‘Help Wanted’?

Old recruitment methods aren’t working. Here are a few new trends in that increasingly taxing endeavor.

Operations

Romaine lettuce warning narrowed to supplies from specific areas in Calif.

The FDA says it intends to follow up with labeling that specifies where the produce was grown.

Operations

FDA proposes new labels designating which romaine lettuce is safe

The federal agency says it intends to identify safe sources of the produce.

Operations

Square Roots program turns food scraps into sellable meals

Conceived by college students as part of a worldwide competition, the new initiative uses enterprise to tackle food insecurity.

Operations

CDC warns foodservice facilities to stop serving romaine lettuce

The food-safety watchdog issued the warning after 32 people were sickened in 11 states from a suspected E. coli contamination.