So You Want To Be A Waiter (Free subscription) | yesterday
From mid-summer: By Jason Farago| Posted Jul 15, 09 6:14 AM CDT “(Newser) – Just a year ago, 25% of the country’s highest-grossing restaurants were in Las Vegas—where diners ran up $15,000 checks and tipped waiters with wads of C-notes. But now restaurants are closing, new construction languishes half-finished, and more than 5,000 food industry workers have lost [...]
NY Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday
They ought to be ashamed. Nearly two dozen Park Slope restaurants stiffed their own employees nearly $1 million - in some cases paying workers as little as $2.75 an hour.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
We all like food right? Well earlier today I got to sample some of the offerings made especially by Levy Restaurants chefs -- from the company that provides the food service to Qwest Field -- to be available for fans Sunday at the MLS Cup.
The Green Changemakers (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Air Date: Week of November 20, 2009 (Photo: Don Genova) Cowichan Bay, a small Canadian town, has become the first Slow City in North America. Towns or cities have to meet certain criteria to gain slow city certification - pedestrian walkways, no big box or chain stores, a population of less than 50 thousand. Producer Don Genova visited Cowichan Bay and found a community proud of its newly gained status....
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Joystiq (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tax breaks are a great way to get developers interested in Canada, according to minister of economic development and trade for Ontario Sandra Pupatello, but they may not be the best way to keep them there. Pupatello worries that while trying to entice devs, competing provinces could drive tax breaks to an untenable position. She says that nuturing a talent pool should be the bigger focus, an approach...
Super Media Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
(Sean Tuohy owns dozens of fast-food outlets) Sean Tuohy owns dozens, over 80, of fast-food outlets as part of RGT Management, Inc., including Taco Bell, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and Long John Silver’s, among others. Sean Tuohy is the father of two children, Collins Tuohy and Sean Tuohy Jr., as well as the adoptive father of Michael [...] This post was written by the Super Media Blog Sean Tuohy...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
These jobs are not to be confused with that of Twitter master, which Brad Nelson already has.
Extra Weblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Enter to win a gift bag the official American Music Awards luxury lounge! The gift bag includes: • PS3 prize pack including a DJ Hero bundle, Guitar Hero 5 bundle and Band Hero software • America Red Cross t-shirt and key chain • Blowfish Malibu Willis boots • Johnny Rockets VIP card • New Era cap • Nicole Lee USA clutch • Nokia Twist phone • Rock Revival jeans...
Grub Street - New York Magazine's Food and Restaurant Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
When Marc Murphy testified against a proposed bill mandating that restaurateurs provide paid sick leave, his director of operations made sure to point out that Landmarc treats its employees very well, thank you (among other things, they get five sick days after they’ve worked there a year). But here’s something interesting — another restaurateur who testified against the bill on...
The Dallas Business Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
Restaurant company Brinker International Inc. has named Wyman Roberts president of Chili’s Grill & Bar and On The Border Grill & Cantina. (EAT)
Gadling (Free subscription) | yesterday
Filed under: Food and Drink American food blog " eating the road " has come up with one of the best uses for a flowchart I have ever seen. By answering some simple questions, you'll be told where to go for your daily dose of crappy fast food. The chart points west coasters to the stores the rest of the country dreams of getting, and sends all Canadians to Tim Hortons. The chart covers 16...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
DALLAS, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brinker International, Inc. (NYSE: EAT), has named Wyman Roberts president of Chili's® Grill & Bar and On The Border Mexican Grill & Cantina®. Roberts formerly served in a dual role as president of the Maggiano's Little Italy brand and Chief Marketing Officer for Brinker.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
CARLSBAD, Calif., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Coco's and Carrows restaurants, both part of the Catalina Restaurant Group, will soon provide thousands of fresh-baked pies to those in need through a newly launched Pies for a Purpose charitable initiative. Beginning November 16, customers at these popular dining establishments--including all 88 Coco's and 80 Carrows locations--will have the opportunity to...
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