Lobbying Disclosure: Advantica Restaurant Group Inc.
June 20, 2026
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The Frame
This filing reveals the financial resources spent by a restaurant corporation to influence state labor policies, specifically regarding minimum wage and manager classification, which directly impacts labor costs and employee compensation structures.
Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.
Advantica Restaurant Group Inc.
The company is the client paying for lobbying services to influence state labor regulations.
Restaurant employees
Employees are subject to the minimum wage and manager exemption rules determined by the Industrial Welfare Commission.
Last recorded activity June 20, 2026.
Next step not available in the current record.
Summary
Key Facts
- Advantica Restaurant Group Inc. paid $12,199.3 for lobbying services.
- The lobbying period covered April 1, 2000, through June 30, 2000.
- The lobbying firm Nossaman Guthner Knox & Elliott LLP was retained for this work.
- The primary lobbying activity involved minimum wage regulations.
- The lobbying activity included advocacy regarding manager exemptions under the Industrial Welfare Commission.
Why It Matters
This filing reveals the financial resources spent by a restaurant corporation to influence state labor policies, specifically regarding minimum wage and manager classification, which directly impacts labor costs and employee compensation structures.
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News Coverage
Lobbying Activity
Nossaman Guthner Knox & Elliott LLP
on behalf of Advantica Restaurant Group Inc.
Nossaman Guthner Knox & Elliott LLP
on behalf of Advantica Restaurant Group Inc.
NOSSAMAN GUTHNER KNOX & ELLIOTT LLP
on behalf of ADVANTICA RESTAURANT GROUP INC.
Nossaman Guthner Knox & Elliott LLP
on behalf of Advantica Restaurant Group Inc.
Discoveries
Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.
Historical Labor Advocacy
The document highlights that restaurant industry lobbying in 2000 was specifically targeting the Industrial Welfare Commission regarding manager classification.
Connected Entities
Sources
www.sos.ca.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance40How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy50Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz5Current news / social attention level
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