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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.

Technology

California could be the spoiler on federal legislation restaurants actually want

 By Restaurant Business Staff on Aug. 22, 2022

Working Lunch: The state doesn't want its data-security requirements to be undercut by federal rules, leaving restaurants with a potential hodgepodge of state rules.

Workforce

Restaurants win a battle over California's pay disclosure bill, but the war could persist

 By Restaurant Business Staff on Aug. 15, 2022

Working Lunch: Here's what's driving the demand that employers post their payrolls

Operations

Restaurants continue to flex their muscles in Washington D.C.

By Restaurant Business Staff on Aug. 08, 2022

Working Lunch: The podcast from Align Public Strategies features a discussion on the restaurant industry’s run of political success.

Financing

An ESG policy could land a company in trouble within these states

By Peter Romeo on Aug. 01, 2022

A new movement aims to counter "woke capitalism" by steering state support away from institutions that favor a commitment to ESG.

Workforce

Chipotle's shutdown of a unit kept it from unionizing. Or did it?

By Peter Romeo on Jul. 26, 2022

Working Lunch: Federal regulators could reverse the move, and the closing could spark more union drives.

Operations

Watch out for servers doubling as lookouts for celebs to protest

By Peter Romeo on Jul. 18, 2022

Activists are offering bounties for a spotting, as they did recently for a heads-up on Brett Kavanaugh.

Topics

Roe v. Wade controversy spills over to restaurants

By Peter Romeo on Jul. 11, 2022

Working Lunch: Even customers are sounding off about the stances taken by favored dining establishments.

Marketing

Restaurants catch their share of flak in the culture wars

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 20, 2022

Working Lunch: Are Pizza Hut's reading selections a social threat? and what will a alternative "anti-woke" Chamber of Commerce mean for restaurants?

Workforce

What's on restaurants' fight card this week

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 06, 2022

Working Lunch: Restaurateurs could be stoking controversy with their stances on everything from guns to tipping.

Operations

Regulators eye requirement that companies disclose their greenhouse-gas emissions

By Peter Romeo on May 31, 2022

Working Lunch: In some instances, public companies would also have to specify the contributions of suppliers and customers.

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