Quest To Open 500 Ghost Kitchens, Business Conditions Worsen, Portillo IPO, Japan To Lift Covid Measures, Lawyer Placemats
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800 Degrees Teams Up With Reef, Plans to Open 500 Ghost Kitchens (The Spoon) Last year Reef announced an eye-popping $700 million raise, in which it said it had plans to grow its ghost kitchen network.
Majority of restaurant operators say business conditions are worse now than three months ago, survey finds (CNBC) The delta variant, understaffed restaurants and higher food costs are among the issues plaguing the industry.
Hot Dog! Portillo’s Is Going Public (Barron’s) The Oak Brook, Ill., company said it would raise $100 million with its IPO.
Japan's restaurant and tourism industries welcome decision to lift COVID-19 emergency (The Japan Times) There have only been 28 days this entire year when Tokyo was not under a coronavirus quasi- or full state of emergency.
How Do You Build a Successful Legal Practice? Put Your Face on Restaurant Placemats (Eater LA) With hundreds of restaurants filling the San Gabriel Valley’s strip malls and lining its lively thoroughfares, attorney James Wang honed in on the humble placemat to deliver his message. Restaurant lawyers take note.