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The top restaurant news developments of 2018

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A Deeper Dive: A&W CEO Betsy Schmandt joins the restaurant finance podcast to discuss the fast-food chain’s strategies, its shift to technology and focus on hospitality.

The fast-food giant is set to start selling Snack Wraps nationwide on Thursday, adding to a growing list of new menu items. The company is looking to innovate its way out of its worst sales slump in a decade.

The Bottom Line: The fast-food chain early last year decided to replace a successful CEO with a restaurant industry outsider. That outsider has now left, leaving the company with more uncertainty.

Questions remain about how elements of the massive tax-and-spending bill signed by the President last week will play out. But here are some highlights from two hospitality industry legal experts.