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The awkward return of the business meal

by Kai Ryssdal and Livi Burdette
Aug 29, 2023
Juggling hors d'oeuvres and handshakes is no easy task.
People are back to making deals over lunch, and that means mastering the art of ordering a meal that won't spray all over your business associates.
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What's happened to the lunch places in office neighborhoods?

by Marielle Segarra
Sep 21, 2021
More than 18 months into the pandemic, Marketplace's Marielle Segarra checks in with restaurants usually dependent on office workers.
A restaurant employee looks at empty tables on Aug. 21, in Southampton, New York. The pandemic has continued to be hard on some restaurants and cafés dependent on lunch crowds.
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Does free lunch at tech companies hurt local business?

by Molly Wood
Aug 1, 2018
A proposed law in San Francisco could keep tech companies from offering free food … will it also help bridge the divide between tech workers and the rest of the city?
An employee sits in the cafeteria of Google's Washington headquarters, Jan. 8, 2015 in Washington, D.C. 
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How to make lunch at your desk less sad

by Kai Ryssdal , Bridget Bodnar and Tony Wagner
Jan 12, 2017
Let Bon Appetit's Adam Rapoport teach you how to eat like you work at a fancy food magazine.
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More schools offer free lunches, but who's paying?

by Noel King
Jul 22, 2014
Schools in Texas are trying a new approach by offering free meals to all students.
Students at Yorkshire Elementary School in Manassas, Virginia, sample new school dishes on a menu created to meet new standards.  
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It's lunch time... let's DANCE!

by Marketplace Contributor
Feb 1, 2013
Lunch is a necessary part of any workday. But often people return to work feeling sleepier than when they left. Well, there's a new way to beat that post-lunch laziness in Berlin -- hit the dance floor!
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Food and Drink

What to expect in the new school lunches

by Jeff Horwich and Stacey Vanek Smith
Jul 26, 2012
Your family might still be enjoying a summer diet of backyard barbeques and trips to Dairy Queen, but pretty soon kids will be back in school. And they could be facing a much different school lunch than they used to.
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama joins students for lunch at the cafeteria of Parklawn Elementary School January 25, 2012 in Alexandria, Va.
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Made in N.Y.: How the power lunch was spawned

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Jul 9, 2012
Lunch is the meal most associated with the workday -- and work. How the power lunch came to be, and where it might be headed.
The Four Seasons in midtown Manhattan became a well-known spot for the "power lunch" during the '70s and '80s.
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Dine or Desk: Today's 'power lunch'

by Marketplace Contributor
Jul 6, 2012
How do today's workers take lunch? Does your office encourage eating alone at your desk or going out with colleagues?
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California court rules lunch optional for workers

by Eve Troeh
Apr 13, 2012
The California Supreme Court has ruled that while employers have to offer workers a lunch break, they don't have to make sure employees actually take a lunch break.
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