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A look back at a difficult 2020

Restaurant Business Editor-at-Large Peter Romeo joins the “A Deeper Dive” podcast to discuss the pandemic and other big stories, as well as the vaccine and stimulus efforts.

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There is no question what the biggest story of the year was.

This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast “A Deeper Dive” includes a discussion between Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Maze and Editor-at-Large Peter Romeo on the pandemic and its impact on the restaurant industry.

They also discuss the stimulus package and its potential to help the industry this time around. They discuss the vaccination program and how restaurant workers will be toward the front of the line when they get inoculated.

They also discuss a few other big stories this year, including the rise of virtual brands, the McDonald’s Steve Easterbrook debacle and the Dunkin-Inspire deal.

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