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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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