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Sunergos employees voted 30-14 to join the same union that Heine Brothers' Coffee workers organized with last year.

While inflation increases seem to be softening in a lot of areas, one commodity continues to soar.

Over the last year, egg prices have increased 60%, according to the Consumer Price Index. The average price for a dozen large eggs is $4.25, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, CBS reports.

Eggs (along with poultry) have seen increases over the past year mostly because of outbreaks worldwide of avian flu.

The flu outbreak that began in February caused widespread slaughters of chickens…

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc. is going to add fewer Donatos this year than first planned, but that slow down isn’t a reflection on the pizza partnership.

The Colorado-based restaurant chain began teaming up with the Columbus pizzeria brand in 2018. Donatos is now sold alongside the Red Robin (Nasdaq: RRGB) menu in more than 200 locations.

Jason Rusk, Red Robin senior vice president of transformation and business development, said the partnership thus far is an unquestioned success.

Donatos…

Wendy’s U.S. chief accounting officer and chief financial officer Leigh Burnside is leaving for another restaurant company as the restaurant chain redesigns its organizational structure to reduce general and administrative costs.

The reorganization will include the elimination of the chief commercial officer role currently held by Kurt Kane, The Wall Street Journal reported.

The fast-food chain said the redesign is an effort to better support its long-term growth strategy by maximizing organizational…

Coty (NYSE: COTY) has named the former chief digital officer of competitor L’Oréal to its board of directors.

Lubomira Rochet is currently a partner at JAB Holding Company and was previously chief digital officer and member of the executive committee at L’Oréal for seven years from 2014 to 2021.

In that role, she transformed the cosmetics company to a digital-first business across 35 international beauty brands and 120 markets, earning her a “Marketer of the Year” designation from the…

Grandview Heights is getting a new cocktail, wine and beer option.

Pinky Cole is eying Washington, D.C., for a new Slutty Vegan restaurant.

A retail chain specializing in French sweets has signed a lease for what appears to be its first Northern California location, in Downtown Sacramento.

What’s next for the Jimmyluka’s space is still to be determined, but the restaurant and bar’s owner will be the one making that call.

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Kai Bockmann

CEO, Blue Diamond Growers

Kai Bockmann starts as the new CEO of Blue Diamond Growers on Jan. 17, and he will start his tenure with some overlap with Mark Jansen, who has been CEO of the almond growers’ cooperative for 12 years. Blue Diamond represents half of all almond growers in the state, including many small family operations. Bockmann was most recently president…