The Working Lunch

Episode 399 - Will Restaurants Ultimately Pick Up The Tab For Packaging Waste?

Episode 398 -  Industry Impacted By Recent Labor Union Developments

Episode 397 - RFK, Jr. Calls Out Individual Brands Over Sugary Beverages

Episode 396: Not Much on The Menu for Operators in State of the Union Address

Episode 395: Industry Gets Big Wins In Court On Both Interchange Fees and EPR

Episode 394: RFK, Jr. Blames Big Tobacco For Ultra-Processed Foods

Episode 393: Operators and Brands Caught In The Crosshairs In Minneapolis

Episode 392: Trump Drops the Hammer on Swipe Fees

Episode 391: The Food Pyramid Just Got Turned Upside Down

Episode 390: The Best & Worst of 2025 And A Look Ahead to 2026

Episode 389: Using The Big Tobacco Playbook, The City of San Francisco Sues Big Food

Episode 388: Hey Brother Can You Spare The Penny?

Episode 387: Restaurant Industry Notches Some Surprise Wins On Election Night

Episode 386: Universal Child Care Has Arrived! What Impact Could It Have On Reversing COVID-era Workforce Losses

Episode 385: One Fair Wage Enters The Political Fray & Establishes a Super PAC

Episode 384: Is The New York City Mayor’s Race Reviving Socialism In America?

Episode 382: One Industry CEO Publicly Attacks Another Industry CEO. Is This An Anomaly Or The New Norm?

Episode 381: American Franchise Act Introduced To Codify Joint Employer

Episode 380: McDonald’s Leaves NRA Due To Association’s Support Of No Tax On Tips, Tip Credit

Episode 379: The Cracker Barrel Beatdown: A Cautionary Tale?

Episode 378: Restaurateur or Recyclers? Operators Facing Increasing Responsibility For The Waste Produced In Their Businesses.

Episode 377: Tip Credit Repeal in DC. $30/hr Wages in LA. Major Metros Take Center Stage In Minimum Wage Wars

Episode 376: Big Beautiful Bill Threatens Industry Food Donation Programs

Episode 375: Can Retailers Issuing Their Own Stablecoins Threaten the Visa & Mastercard Duopoly?

Episode 374: To Raid or Not To Raid? Recent Immigration Directives Confusing Operators

Episode 373: Really? A Republican Senator Introduces $15/hr Minimum Wage Legislation?

Episode 372: The Future of Food Policy and the Restaurant Industry

Episode 371: Navigating the Tax Bill and What it Means for Restaurants

Episode 370: MAGA Trade Associations? The Trump Team Takes On Traditional Norms Of Lobbying

Episode 369: Big Beautiful Tax Bill Has a Full Menu Offering for Operators

Episode 368: One Fair Wage Throws A Hail Mary in New Jersey

Episode 367: Supreme Court Leaves NLRB Without A Quorum - For Now

Episode 366: Chairman Chat: Talking Tariffs With Fat Brands’ Andy Wiederhorn

Episode 365: Mountain MAHA: West Virginia First to Embrace RFK.Jr.’s Food Agenda

Episode 364: Independent Restaurant Coalition Agenda for 2025

Episode 363: Industry Takes On Visa & Mastercard Over Interchange Fees

Episode 362: Some Major Brands Make Trump’s Target List Over DEI

Episode 361: What Immigration Compliance Looks Like In The New Normal

Episode 360: Industry Navigates Tariff Chaos

Episode 359: Mayhem At The NLRB & The EEOC

Episode 358: Industry Prepares For Trump’s Immigration Roundup

Episode 357: Starbucks Bathroom Policy Once Again Changing With the Times

Episode 356: SEIU Comes Back Into the AFL-CIO Fold

Episode 355: Starbucks Workers United Plays The Strike Card

Episode 354: Biden’s NLRB Getting Run Out Of Town

Episode 353: Labor Secretary Nominee Well-Known By Oregon Restaurant & Lodging Association

Episode 352: Is Trump’s Nominee For Labor Secretary Actually Pro-Union?

Episode 351: RFK, Jr. Taking Dead Aim At The Food Industry

Episode 350: He’s Baaaaack. What The Industry Can Expect in Trump 2.0

Episode 349: Election Preview Pod