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Welcome to a tough new normal

The Bottom Line: Attendees and speakers painted an anxious picture of the operating environment at the Restaurant Finance and Development Conference. Here’s why that might be here for a while.
Uncertainty is dominating the restaurant business right now. It could be here for a while. | Image by Nico Heins.

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