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&pizza CEO on the limited-service leader's key role as employee advocate

In the final half of the podcast interview with &pizza CEO Michael Lastoria, the discussion revolves around something the restaurant industry also revolves around –- labor and wages.

March 13, 2019

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Podcast Summary

Regardless of which side of the fence you occupy when it comes to restaurant employee wage increases, if you operate a limited-service brand of any kind, you are likely preoccupied with concerns about your workforce. In that respect, &pizza CEO Michael Lastoria has a lot in common with other industry leaders. But his views on how employees should be paid as well as their overall place on the restaurant leader's priority list tend to veer from that of many in the C-suite.

In this final half of our interview with Lastoria, he gives a peek behind &pizza's proverbial "curtain" to see the people who make the pizza and the pizza place happen, as well as how the chain communicates, pays and supports its workforce as part of its mission.

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