A nationwide advisory to stop eating romaine lettuce remains in effect this week as federal health and food safety officials scramble to find new suppliers amid an E. coli outbreak that has sickened 32 people and hospitalized 13 in 11 states. The outbreak, announced jointly Nov. 20 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention… read more
The proposed joint regulatory framework will have F.D.A. oversee cell collection, cell banks and cell growth and differentiation. Production and labeling of food products derived from cultured cells of livestock and poultry will fall into U.S.D.A.’s jurisdiction. “This regulatory framework will leverage both the F.D.A.’s experience regulating cell-culture technology and living biosystems and the U.S.D.A.’s… read more
El Pollo Loco has named Hector A. Muñoz, a former executive at rival chicken brands Church’s Chicken and Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, as its new chief marketing officer. Muñoz replaces Ed Valle who stepped down earlier this year after seven years with the chain. Muñoz will start Dec. 3. Muñoz joins the company from Atlanta-based Church’s Chicken, where… read more
Bob Platzer, founder of PJW Restaurant Group, the largest and most successful family-owned restaurant group in the Delaware Valley, has named hospitality veteran Jim Fris Chief Executive Officer as Platzer assumes the Executive Chairman role. The announcement comes as the restaurant group celebrates its 35th year of success. Bob Platzer and his wife Donna began in… read more
After 11 years as CEO of UNO Restaurant LLC, Louie Psallidas has stepped down from his role. Psallidas made the announcement, “A farewell to my friends at UNO,” on his Linkedln page on November 21. When I first became CEO of UNO, a wise man told me that it would be important to recognize when the… read more
Service men and women accepted into the groundbreaking program will earn a paycheck from Chili’s as they’re provided with the education and training to advance into supervisory positions for the chain. They will join the 250 Chili’s employees currently participating in the initiative, a pilot program forged by the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF)… read more
One of the challenges of scaling a mid-sized restaurant chain is the notion that, well, you’re a chain. Beyond the power of recognition that crosses state lines, how do you compete with local, independent spots that appeal to the community-based diner? How do you unchain the chain, in other terms, and erase the sterile stereotype… read more
Moore’s Law was coined in 1965 by Gordon Moore and is often referenced to describe the driving force of technological and social change, productivity and growth. According to Olo founder and CEO Noah Glass, the restaurant industry is, in a way, experiencing this theory as digital ordering and delivery barrel toward an expected $200 billion of… read more
By Mary Lee Gannon – Ladders Here are two things that can be really harmful to both your career success and overall happiness as a human being. Watch out for them. We continually strategize on the things we need to do to advance our careers, close the sale, be happier, have better relationships and get… read more
By Karthik Rajan – LinkedIn Have you wondered about how to market yourself better and be your natural self? Are you naturally comfortable to let your work do the speaking? Did your upbringing center around virtues of humility with words likes these [from my parents, loosely translated from Tamil] – “what you have learned is a… read more