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Working Lunch

Working Lunch is a podcast from Align Public Strategies devoted to explaining the so what and now what about key issues impacting the restaurant and retail industries.

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What the 'DoorDash Grandma' stunt tells us about Trump

 By Restaurant Business Staff on Apr. 27, 2026

Working Lunch: This week's political podcast dissects the president's staged McDonald's delivery to the Oval Office and his efforts to woo the working class.

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A new MAHA battle is brewing

 By Restaurant Business Staff on Apr. 15, 2026

Working Lunch: This week’s episode of the restaurant politics podcast looks at the latest news surrounding RFK Jr. and the MAHA movement.

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The potential future for restaurants and their packaging waste

By Restaurant Business Staff on Apr. 08, 2026

Working Lunch: This week's political podcast brings in experts on the issue of Extended Producer Responsibility and legislative proposals in play. Also, how the Amazon labor dispute could impact restaurants, and the Sysco/Restaurant Depot merger.

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A potential beef blockage is looming

By Restaurant Business Staff on Mar. 31, 2026

Working Lunch: This week's political podcast looks at what could be a supply disruption caused by a work stoppage at one of the country's largest beef processing plants. A labor expert explains.

Beverage

When the nation's top health official criticizes your restaurant brand

By Restaurant Business Staff on Mar. 11, 2026

Working Lunch: This week's political podcast discusses RFK Jr.'s recent attack of Dunkin' and Starbucks, criticizing the amount of sugar in some of their beverages. Who will be the next target?

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How the restaurant industry fared in the State of the Union address

By Restaurant Business Staff on Feb. 27, 2026

Working Lunch: This week's political podcast looks at whether the president's annual address this year offered anything for restaurants. And a look at "Fair Share" health legislation in Washington state.

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The restaurant industry gets 2 big wins

By Restaurant Business Staff on Feb. 20, 2026

Working Lunch: This week's political podcast gives an update on a federal ruling in Illinois on the credit-card-fee lawsuit, and another in Oregon blocking enforcement of plastic pollution regulation there.

Food

How the MAHA movement ties ultra-processed food addiction to Big Tobacco

By Lisa Jennings on Feb. 05, 2026

Working Lunch: This week's political podcast looks at how HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could attempt to paint restaurant menus in the same light as cigarettes.

Workforce

Operators and brands caught in the crosshairs in Minneapolis

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jan. 28, 2026

Working Lunch: This week's political podcast looks at the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, and how business owners, their customers and employees are navigating the tension there.

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Trump's battle with the banking industry could bring action in the decades-long swipe fee dispute

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jan. 21, 2026

Working Lunch: This week's political podcast considers the impact of a presidential endorsement of the Credit Card Competition Act. And bills are brewing on the franchising front.

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