corporate
-
Food Policy & Sustainability
How COVID-19 Relief Loans Funneled Millions in Taxpayer Dollars Straight to the McDonald’s Corporate Real Estate Empire
At the height of the global economic upheaval brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020, independent…
Read More » -
Food Business and Trends
Anatomy of a Man-Made Catastrophe: The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and the Cost of Corporate Compromise
The pursuit of profit in the high-stakes energy sector has occasionally collided with catastrophic human and environmental costs, and few…
Read More » -
Food Policy & Sustainability
The Rise of the Corporate Monoculture: How Chain Restaurants Are Reshaping the American Dining Landscape
The modern American commercial landscape is undergoing a profound structural transformation, driven by the aggressive expansion of major national sit-down…
Read More » -
Food Policy & Sustainability
How McDonald’s Franchises Funneled Covid-19 Relief Loans Into Corporate Rent Payments
When the global coronavirus pandemic brought the restaurant industry to a sudden and grinding halt in the spring of 2020,…
Read More » -
Food Policy & Sustainability
The Paradigm Shift: How Independent Restaurants Are Reinventing Staff Compensation and Corporate Culture Post-Pandemic
The global coronavirus pandemic fundamentally disrupted the American food service sector, laying bare a systemic reliance on low wages, grueling…
Read More » -
Food Policy & Sustainability
The Great Food Industry Sustainability Retreat: Fact, Fiction, and Greenhushing in Corporate America
For years, the public-facing rhetoric of the American food industry was dominated by the urgent vocabulary of the climate crisis.…
Read More » -
Food Policy & Sustainability
The Rise of the Culinary Monoculture: How Corporate Restaurant Chains Are Reshaping the American Dining Landscape
The modern American commercial district is undergoing a profound structural transformation, driven by the aggressive expansion of major corporate sit-down…
Read More » -
Food Policy & Sustainability
Beyond the Gloss: Why Corporate Mentorship Programs Are Failing the Restaurant Industry
The restaurant and hospitality industry has long grappled with systemic issues, including grueling work hours, low compensation, deeply entrenched power…
Read More » -
Food Policy & Sustainability
The High Cost of Abundance: How Corporate Speculation and a Vanishing American Acreage Threaten the Future of Local Agriculture
Stacks of sun-ripened peaches, tables laden with heirloom tomatoes, and vibrant displays of summer squashes at a local August farmstand…
Read More » -
Food Policy & Sustainability
How McDonald’s Franchises Used COVID-19 Relief Loans to Pay Rent to the Corporate Office
When the global coronavirus pandemic brought the hospitality industry to a screeching halt in the spring of 2020, American fast-food…
Read More »
