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This week's top 10: NY investigates Batali's former group and the tip credit remains legal in restaurants

Holly Petre, Assistant Digital Editor

January 9, 2020

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This week, there was some breaking news about Mario Batali's former restaurant group from the New York Attorney General. They announced the group is under investigation revolving around the 2018 claims of sexual misconduct. This is in addition to Ken Friedman, formerly of The Spotted Pig where Batali was an investor, and his announcement that he would step back from the restaurant amid a sexual misconduct settlement with the Attorney General of his own.

Zume lays off workers and Grubhub possibly considers a sale all because a venture capital fund is itching to get into the restaurant industry, but will it help faltering tech companies?

In brighter news, apoptogenic ingredients are proliferating drink menus across the country including Ashwagandha and Reishi Mushrooms. Maybe consumers need a little boost after all the news.

See what else was trending on Restaurant Hospitality this week.

About the Author

Holly Petre

Assistant Digital Editor

Holly Petre is a digital editor for Nation’s Restaurant News as well as the host of NRN’s podcast, Extra Serving, and producer for Informa Restaurant and Food Group’s other three podcasts, One On One by Food Management, Off the Shelf with SN and In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn. Holly holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Sculpture, fibers and Material Studies and Ceramics from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A native New Yorker, Holly enjoys her place on staff as the resident pop-culture expert and millennial with a sassy attitude and great sense of style.

Holly Petre’s work on Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality often covers marketing and trends, either aimed-at or examined-through the millennial mindset. Holly is responsible for introducing TikTok and Twitch to NRN and RH readers as well as explaining terms like “Karen” to staff and readers alike. She also spends her time on staff trying not to make every headline a pun.

Holly Petre hasn’t spoken at any events or on panels, but she is readily available with a killer shoe wardrobe and several witty quips.

 

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