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Behind The Table, Gauri Devidayal’s Journey in the Indian Restaurant Industry

The Restaurant Times

Gauri Devidayal, an accomplished entrepreneur, author, and influential figure in the Indian restaurant industry, serves as a beacon of inspiration for women everywhere. Queues’ “50 Most Influential Young Indians,” and Black Book’s “Top 50 Women in Leadership.”

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An Inside Look at Union Organizing in the Fast-Food Industry

EATER

A Chipotle employee eats inside a SF restaurant in 2020. Current bids owe a lot to a broader, non-union “Fight for $15” campaign that launched in Chicago in 2012 among restaurant and retail workers, Han says. Not many people know what their rights are at work, in part because you have webs of state and federal and local law.

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The restaurant industry needs to step up for women. We asked four leaders how to do it.

7 Shifts

The internet holds countless stories of inappropriate behavior that female restaurant workers have endured. Women-owned restaurants often have their accomplishments overlooked. I have been serving plant based charcuterie since 2008.Broccoli Women fill more than half of restaurant positions in the U.S. She promptly quit.

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The Fight for L.A.’s Street Food Vendors

EATER

Though vending was technically legalized in 2018, state public health laws make it almost impossible for most local vendors to get the permits they need. Averado, who sits on Community Power Collective’s vendor leadership committee, has been helping to organize the vendors in her Hollywood community for years.

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#MeToo, Still

EATER

Allison Vu /Eater Five years after I went public with my #MeToo experiences in the restaurant industry, has anything really changed? I worked at the Friedman-owned Spotted Pig between 2006 and 2007, and at the Rusty Knot and the Breslin from 2008 to 2012.) But there has also been measurable progress since 2017.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Chicken Sale-d Chick and The Dolly Llama and This Is It! to Franchise

Modern Restaurant Management

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO environment. Chicken Salad Chick has 137 locations throughout 16 states predominantly in the Southeast and is a leading fast-casual restaurant company. Brentwood Acquires Chicken Salad Chick.

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#LifeOrDeathRecipe Challenge and ‘A Woman’s Place’

Modern Restaurant Management

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature a new documentary on women in the culinary world, the loss of an industry legend, a contest to create healthy recipes and products and services to help restaurant in the pandemic. 'A While at Marriott, he played an integral role in launching and overseeing Roy Rogers Restaurants.

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