Episode 161: The Industry Fights Back Against Insurers and Delivery Platforms

While the COVID-19 crisis has disrupted many business models, even destroyed some, it's also offered up new opportunities for the industry to leverage its political capital to force systemic changes long desired by the industry - namely around pushing back against the third-party delivery platforms and the delivery of alcohol. We’ll discuss those possibilities. And the President is vigorously advocating for the reopening of the economy. We don’t know when that will actually happen but what we do know is that things will look very different - especially with regard to worker protections, benefits, and what being “essential workers” entails. We’ll kick that around as well. And Ashley Coneff, the Director of Government Affairs for Dunkin' Brands, stops by the pod to discuss how her company is managing the crisis with particular focus on what they are doing around worker safety and community outreach. We’ll have those stories and wrap it up with the legislative scorecard.