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The Working Lunch — 408 episodes · page 1 of 5
Episode 411 - FDA's Ultra-Processed Food Definition, Meta's $18B Settlement & Restaurant Industry Impact
Episode 410 - RFK & MAHA Up The Ante On The Food Industry
Episode 409 - Did Pricing Strategies During COVID Ultimately Change The Minimum Wage Debate?
Episode 408 - State Attacking Industry Leaders With Fair Share Healthcare Proposals
Episode 407 - The NRA Tells Congress To Be Smart When It Comes To Hemp Beverages
Episode 406 - Legislation to Quicken Union Election Process On The Brink Of Passage
Episode 405 - Industry Faces Significant Setback On Credit Card Relief
Episode 404 - California Gubernatorial Election This Week Has Huge Consequences For The Industry
Episode 403 - One Fair Wage Hearing the Chicago Blues
Episode 402- Steak n’ Shake Goes Full In On MAGA & MAHA
Episode 401 - DoorDash Grandma Crashes Oval Office Meeting
Episode 400 - New RFK Battle Brewing. The Secretary Turns His Focus To Plastics
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
Episode 348: Donald Trump As Fry Cook? The Former President Ups The Ante At A Pennsylvania McDonalds
Episode 347: One Fair Wage Gets “Wicked” Blindsided by Massachusetts Governor
Episode 346: One Month Until Election Day
Episode 345: Industry Goes Toe To Toe With One Fair Wage In House Hearing
Episode 344: Vice President Harris and One Fair Wage Continue Their Cozy Relationshi
Episode 343: 80 /20 Rule Gets 86’d
Episode 342: Credit Card Companies Panicking Over Industry Progress At The State Level
Episode 341: What Does Brian Niccol Going To Starbucks Mean For The Largest Unionization Campaign?
Episode 340: A Comprehensive Look at Taxation of Tips, Corporate Tax Legislation, and More
Episode 339: Election Interrupted. What The New Election Environment Counld Mean For Operators
Episode 338: Republican National Convention Has Strong Anti-Corporate VIbe
Episode 337: RNC adopts “No Taxes on Tips” As Part Of Its Official Platform
Episode 336: Republicans Double Down on Trump’s “No Taxes on Tips” Campaign
Episode 335: Trump Tackles Taxes on Tips
Episode 334: Another Big Industry Ballot Win On Minimum Wage
Episode 333: Union Organizing Campaigns Hitting Fine Dining Segment
Episode 332: The Cemex Decision Has Found Its Way To The Restaurant Industry
Episode 331: Prison Labor Issue Part of Larger Southern Strategy To Organize Industry
Episode 330: How Did The Industry End Up In The Middle Of It All?
Episode 329: NRA’s Sean Kennedy Joins Working Lunch to Talk All Things Washington
Episode 328: Buckeye State Ballot Initiatives Could Be A Fatal Blow For Many Operators.
Episode 327: DoorDash Portable Benefits Pilot Could Permanently Alter Delivery-App Business Model
Episode 326: Like Their Fees, The New Settlement Agreement With Visa & Mastercard Is Junk
Episode 325: Texas Hold’em: A Federal Judge Reins In The NLRB’s Joint Employer Rule
Episode 324: The SEC Pulls Back On Scope-3 Emissions Reporting Requirements
Episode 323: If Possible, Even More Political Hijinks In California
Episode 322: The Campaign Against Starbucks Heats Up!
Episode 32I: US. House Pressures Internal Revenue Service To Investigate One Fair Wage’s Tax Status
Episode 320: Could The Senate Actually Sink The Tax Bill?
Episode 319: New Report on Prison Labor Abuses Could Cause Major Headaches For Large Brands
Episode 318: President Of National Right To Work Legal Defense Foundation Joins Working Lunch
Episode 317: Labor Department Finalizes Independent Contractor Rule
Episode 316: The Battle With The FTC Over Service Charges Is Escalating
Episode 315: Starbucks Faces The Music On Its Response To Ongoing Unionization Fight
Episode 314: The Industry Teams With Organized Labor To Take On The Credit Card Companies
Episode 313: One Fair Wage Pulling Out All The Stops in Massachusetts
Episode 312: Election Recap: The Blue Team Has a Big Night
Episode 311: McDonald’s Changes the Wage Conversation in California