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Untangling what no tax on tips means for restaurants

The Week in Restaurants: On this week’s episode of the restaurant news discussion podcast, we discuss the impact of no tax on tips, Wendy's new CEO and the toll of bankruptcies on the full-service segment.

Worried about what no tax on tips means for your restaurant? Don’t sweat it, because we have you covered on this edition of The Week in Restaurants.

We discuss how the new Trump administration policy could create some headaches for restaurant operators. We also look at how a wave of bankruptcies last year impacted the full-service segment, before touching on some surprising CEO news from Wendy's.

And on Tech Check, Senior Editor Joe Guszkowski  gives his perspective on the impending sale of Olo.

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