Despite the 2013 world's best restaurant hailing from Spain, you'd be hard pressed to find a person of color among the annual ranking of highly regard...
A recent analysis from U.S. News and World Report reveals that 7 of the 10 lowest paying jobs in America are in the food industry, citing 2012 data fr...
If we really wanted restaurants to pay their workers fairly, we would require them to pay their own workers and factor that expense into their prices -- much like every other business has ever had to do.
Maybe this number alone will convince you: 20 million workers toil every day -- often under inhumane conditions -- harvesting fields, packing boxes, driving trucks, cooking meals, ringing up orders, serving tables, and cleaning up your mess.
WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) only needed a single night's sleep before throwing cold water on one of the most significant proposa...
Americans use restaurant visits almost like "micro vacations," especially when times are tough, because going out to eat is one of the cheapest ways to get out of the house for a couple of hours, he said.
Here's some good news for the restaurant biz: The National Restaurant Association reports that more than 560,000 restaurant jobs have been added since...
The most recent recession hit the entire restaurant industry hard. According to a report from the NPD Group, the total number of restaurant visits in ...
WASHINGTON -- Republican lawmakers in Arizona are pushing legislation that would lower the legal minimum wage for younger part-time workers and tipped...
Once some of the biggest customers of restaurant chains like Chevy's and Friendly's, many teens are now avoiding dining out -- and the restaurant indu...
European beer drinkers enjoying a cold one from the comfort of their couch, instead of at a barstool, could be hurting the economy, according to a rec...
On Sept. 8, 2001, Sekou Siby was playing soccer on a field in Queens with several of his co-workers. At that time, Siby was a line cook and chef who s...
In the past month, both Subway and Wendy's have announced plans to open new fast food outposts in China. Representatives from Subway told the AFP that...
What's the matter with Kansas? Well, the salsa served at some of the restaurants in the state packed too much of a punch -- not from spicy jalapeños,...
Restaurants all over the country are beginning to see signs of a potential recovery after a dismal 2009. Sales at some restaurants have risen in the l...
My wife and I have a five month old baby and last night, he decided to cry for a couple of hours right around the time we were going to grill some sal...
It's been nearly a year since Bennigan's filed for bankruptcy, and now US News & World Report examines some other food chains that may be vulnerable t...
In what looks like another sign of the restaurant industry's deep slump, seven Popeyes fried chicken outlets on the South Side suddenly closed within ...