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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.

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.

Leadership

A McDonald’s vet could give restaurant franchisees a voice in Congress

By Peter Romeo on May 25, 2022

Working Lunch: Chuck Edwards beat the incumbent representative of his district in last week's Republican primary, putting him in good stead to be elected in November's general election.

Operations

Merchants push back on soaring swipe fees

By Peter Romeo on May 09, 2022

A third area of inflationary pressure for many restaurateurs are the fees charged for processing guests' credit-card payments. Here's why those costs are rising now, and what merchants are doing to slow the climb.

Operations

More restaurants could face union activity

By Restaurant Business Staff on May 02, 2022

Working Lunch: The podcast includes a discussion on potential help for the industry from Congress and the Administration and growing unionization efforts. Jack in the Box could be pulled into the fray.

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