. And today, the White House held a conference call to discuss coronavirus in the restaurant industry — without a single independent stakeholder on the call. Instead, in today’s White House press briefing, President Trump announced he spoke to executives of America’s fast-food industry: “All the big ones; they were great.
The president said the assembled chairmen and CEOs discussed the role drive-thru and pickup will play in the weeks ahead, in line with the guidance that Americans everywhere stay home for 15 days. He noted that the group also talked about “getting small businesses support for their workers.
To the administration, fast-food corporations — and not the thousands of independent restaurants that sustain communities — are seemingly the real priority. During the briefing, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin explained the importance of ensuring states allow drive-thru fast food to stay open. “These companies feed a big part of America and I expect they’ll feed a bigger part of America,” he said like it was a good thing.
When asked what specifically the government would do to support restaurants, Mnuchin noted that an upcoming stimulus package would include a program to help all businesses of 500 people and less, presumably restaurants included. However, this plan leaves out restaurant groups that fall between that 500-person mark and major fast-food brands — restaurant groups like Union Square Hospitality Group and Momofuku. It would appear that by leaving them off the call, they may get left out altogether.
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chefhopkins So frustrating! Trump only cares about the stock market.
Who else could have it included? He couldn't have had every restaurant owner in the country on the call.
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