In this week’s Working Lunch, Joe Kefauver and Franklin Coley of Align Public Strategies updated their listeners on what's happening in Washington, D.C., regarding the proposed November ban on THC hemp products. While this legislation predominantly affects retail for now, Kefauver and Coley argue that the restaurant industry should be paying close attention to the legal scuffle over this emerging industry product line.
Plus, the podcast is joined once again by Michael Halen, senior restaurant analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, who discussed some of the variables impacting the economics of restaurants, including inflation, consumer spending, rising energy and commodities costs, and the ongoing war in Iran.
Working Lunch wraps it up with the legislative scorecard, including a proposed $30 minimum wage in Alameda County, California.
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