Five Guys has opened its first ghost kitchen, which only cooks food for...
Summary List PlacementFive Guys has opened its first US ghost kitchen, which doesn't have a dining room and is tasked solely with cooking food for delivery.Diners can get food from the Garland, Texas,...
View ArticleChains like McDonald's and Taco Bell are offering cash bonuses and other...
Summary List Placement1. McDonald'sMost McDonald's locations are run by individual franchisees, who hire — and offer perks —separately from the corporation. In Tennessee, owner-operators are hiring for...
View ArticleRestaurants are betting on to-go alcohol as business picks back up, but...
Summary List PlacementTakeout and delivery alcohol sales have been a lifeline for restaurants during the past year, and the industry is hoping they'll be allowed to continue — but experts told Insider...
View ArticleA luxury DC wine bar is closing ahead of a once-in-a-decade swarm of...
Summary List PlacementA luxury wine bar in Washington, DC, is closing for a month in anticipation of a giant swarm of trillions cicadas across the east coast, but other restaurants in the area are...
View ArticleMcDonald's is raising wages, but 95% of its US workers will not be impacted...
Summary List PlacementMcDonald's is raising wages — but only roughly 5% of restaurants will be impacted by the change. On Thursday, McDonald's announced that it is rolling out pay increases, averaging...
View ArticleAn economic theory called 'reallocation friction' may explain why employers...
Summary List PlacementBy now you've probably heard about the big mystery in the US economy: Restaurants can't find enough people to hire, even though millions of Americans remain out of work....
View ArticlePizza Hut's parent company just bought its third food tech company in two...
Summary List PlacementYum Brands, the parent of Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and KFC, is on a tech-buying spree as it looks to boost its digital business, where sales surged 45% to a record $17 billion in...
View ArticlePopeyes quietly launched a Blackened Chicken Sandwich as the sandwich wars...
Summary List PlacementPopeyes quietly debuted a new chicken sandwich on its online menu this week.Social-media posts quickly took off this week commenting on Popeyes' new Blackened Chicken Sandwich....
View ArticleNearly half of US restaurant owners say they struggled to pay their rent this...
Summary List PlacementNearly half of restaurant owners say they don't think they can afford rent this month as the pandemic continues to paralyze the industry, according to a survey by Alignable first...
View ArticleRestaurants are hiking prices because of labor shortages, higher wages, and...
Summary List PlacementSmall-restaurant owners have hiked the prices of some menu items, in part because of a severe shortage of workers, Fox Business reported.Restaurants have struggled to attract...
View ArticleTesla is one step closer to opening a 1950s-style diner at its Los Angeles...
Summary List PlacementIt turns out that Elon Musk might not have been kidding around after all when he tweeted a few years ago about combining a diner with a Tesla supercharger station."Gonna put an...
View ArticleThe Federal Reserve says prices of restaurant meals, cars, and airline...
Summary List PlacementConsumers could be paying more and more for goods in the coming months thanks to current shortages of labor and raw materials, according to a report by the Federal Reserve...
View ArticleCaterers and bars are losing to coffee shops in the scramble for employees
Summary List PlacementThe hospitality industry is struggling to fill roles amid the labor shortage hitting industries from education and healthcare and ride-hailing apps– but some types of restaurant...
View ArticleTeen employment could hit record highs in 2021 as US business owners flock to...
Summary List PlacementTeen employment rates in the US are soaring. According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, US business owners are flocking to hire young workers as the labor market becomes...
View ArticleA Jersey Mike's shop opening in California is offering a hiring bonus of up...
Summary List PlacementAs fast food chains struggle to find workers, one sandwich shop is offering new hires up to $10,000.A Jersey Mike's in Santa Cruz, California told Fox Business it will pay a...
View ArticleChipotle has hiked prices across its menu by about 4% as wages and...
Summary List PlacementChipotle raised the prices on its menu by about 4% last week. A spokesperson told Insider the price hike is designed to help offset a wage increase that Chipotle has begun...
View Article4 million Americans quit their jobs in April — a 20-year record. Many of them...
Summary List PlacementJob vacancies rose to a 20-year high in April, the Labor Department said on Tuesday.The department also said 4 million workers had quit their jobs in April, another 20-year...
View ArticleApplebee's offered free appetizers in hopes of luring in 10,000 job...
Summary List PlacementApplebee's says it drew in 40,000 job applicants for 10,000 openings with its free appetizer incentives, a spokesperson confirmed to Insider.Restaurants are offering up all kinds...
View ArticleA Nantucket restaurant is considering hiring 8th graders because of the lack...
Summary List PlacementA restaurant in Nantucket says it's struggling so much to find workers that it's interviewing eighth graders.Gabriel Frasca, a chef at the Massachusetts island's Straight Wharf...
View ArticleI visited one of the most iconic neighborhood bars in NYC after it reopened —...
Summary List PlacementIn a city like New York, there's no shortage of neighborhood bars. And while everyone has their favorite, for me, Bemelman's Bar will always be emblematic of the quintessential...
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