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Working Lunch: Talking the state of the restaurant industry’s reputationWorking Lunch: Talking the state of the restaurant industry’s reputati

Nation’s Restaurant News publisher Sarah Lockyer gives her insight on where she sees the industry going

byAlign Public Strategies
Feb 19, 2021
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Employment & Staffing
Working Lunch: COVID relief passes Congress: Restaurants win big, Bernie Sanders loses bigWorking Lunch: COVID relief passes Congress: Restaurants win big, Bern
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Feb 5, 2021
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Employment & Staffing
Working Lunch: House leadership takes aim at tip creditWorking Lunch: House leadership takes aim at tip credit
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Jan 29, 2021
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Delivery & Takeout Solutions
Working Lunch: National Restaurant Association, DoorDash discuss national policy framework on third-party deliveryWorking Lunch: National Restaurant Association, DoorDash discuss natio
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Jan 22, 2021
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Employment & Staffing
Working Lunch: The latest on the U.S. Senate race in Georgia and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s pivot on paid leave and childcareWorking Lunch: The latest on the U.S. Senate race in Georgia and the U
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Dec 18, 2020
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Restaurant News
Working Lunch: West Coast provides workplace protection roadmap for Joe Biden’s administrationWorking Lunch: West Coast provides workplace protection roadmap for Jo
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Working Lunch: President-elect Joe Biden’s team takes shape — and may be taking aim
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Working Lunch: Election 2020 recap — What are the impacts to the restaurant industry?
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Working Lunch: The election forecast edition — things restaurant operators should watch for
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Working Lunch: National Restaurant Association’s Sean Kennedy talks restaurant recovery with nation’s mayors
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Working Lunch: Yelp uses its platform to highlight allegations of racial discrimination by restaurants
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Working Lunch: Business groups fire back at Donald Trump on stimulus retreat
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Restaurant Finance
Working Lunch: Coronavirus relief bill in U.S. House exposes rift in restaurant industry
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Employment & Staffing
Working Lunch: Conservatives rethink approach to labor organizing
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Working Lunch: Workers at Minneapolis bar Tattersall Distilling unionize, citing coronavirus concerns
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Working Lunch: Independent Restaurant Coalition, labor activists share stage at DNC
Working Lunch: Independent Restaurant Coalition, labor activists share
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Restaurant Operations
Working Lunch: Restaurant industry pushes back on coronavirus pandemic data
Working Lunch: Restaurant industry pushes back on coronavirus pandemic
Aug 14, 2020
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Employment & Staffing
Working Lunch: Restaurant operators in limbo as coronavirus relief legislation stalls in Congress
Working Lunch: Restaurant operators in limbo as coronavirus relief leg
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Restaurant Technology
Working Lunch: Coronavirus pandemic hastens arrival of restaurant robots
Working Lunch: Coronavirus pandemic hastens arrival of restaurant robo
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Restaurant Operations
Working Lunch: Mask politics take a turn as retailers make them mandatory for customers
Working Lunch: Mask politics take a turn as retailers make them mandat
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Employment & Staffing
Working Lunch: Unions call for Black Lives Matter strikes at restaurants
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Working Lunch: Widespread social unrest poses unique challenges to restaurant industry
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Working Lunch: Colorado poised to adopt Obama-era joint employer standard
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Working Lunch: Congress attempts to add $250 billion to the Paycheck Protection Program
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Restaurant Finance
Working Lunch: What restaurant operators need to know about the new Small Business Administration loan programs
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Policy & Regulation
Working Lunch: Restaurant industry response to coronavirus important to policymakers
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Working Lunch: President Trump endorses federal bi-partisan paid leave legislation, plus more political updates
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