The fast-food chain tested Beyond Fried Chicken at one location this week. Source: NYT > Business – Derrick Bryson Taylor
Hiring Is Very Hard for Restaurants These Days. Now They May Have to Fire.
Amid a severe labor shortage and a renewed U.S. crackdown on undocumented immigrants, owners are facing a choice: fire workers or risk prosecution. Source: NYT > Business – David Yaffe-Bellany
Restaurant Associates Hires Some Big Names: Colicchio, Andrés, Ansel
The managing company is teaming up with high-profile chefs, seeking to recapture the luster of the days when it ran major restaurants. Source: NYT > Business – Florence Fabricant
It’s Not Always Excellent to Be Jamie Oliver
Twenty years after he vaulted to fame, the brash British chef, TV star and cookbook author has lost his restaurant empire — but not his taste for hard work. Source: NYT > Business – Kim Severson
Bill Konyk, 88, Pirogi Seller Whose Nickname Was a Fighting Word, Dies
After bringing Ukrainian food to Vancouver, he defeated a challenge to his company’s name, Hunky Bill’s, as an ethnic slur. Source: NYT > Business – The Associated Press
Momofuku’s Secret Sauce: A 30-Year-Old C.E.O.
Marguerite Zabar Mariscal, who started as an intern in 2011, is a guiding force with David Chang as they expand a restaurant empire. Source: NYT > Business – Elizabeth G. Dunn