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China's food delivery apps will now have to verify restaurants' licences and operating addresses, as authorities crack down on thousands of "ghost kitchens" that have raised food safety fears.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

On top of menu-price increases in previous years that scared away customers — and a flood of value deals to get them back — higher beef prices have also hit restaurants’ margins.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

Leslie Westbrook, 79, a retired marketing strategist in Chattanooga, Tenn., said the company never should have tried to update its brand, as she loves their restaurants’ feeling of being at grandma’s house.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

When the virtual assistants are not helping customers, they coordinate food delivery orders, take phone calls and oversee the restaurants’ online review pages, Zhang said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2024

In June, former servers at Jon & Vinny’s, a hip Italian American restaurant, filed a class-action lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court against the restaurants’ owners, Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2024