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COVID took a big bite out of the restaurant industry, with several thousand&nbsp;<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2022/06/21/covid-restaurant-closures/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=yahoo-finance-inflation-and-labor-continue-to-be-challenges-according-to-aw-restaurants-ceo-2719873" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">restaurants permanently closing</a> their doors.&nbsp;<a href="https://awfranchising.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=yahoo-finance-inflation-and-labor-continue-to-be-challenges-according-to-aw-restaurants-ceo-2719873" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">A&amp;W Restaurants</a>, the 102-year-old classic American brand with nearly 1000 international units and 500-plus in the U.S., is continuing to learn and adapt to current challenges and conditions.A&amp;W CEO&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-bazner-7b4a546/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=yahoo-finance-inflation-and-labor-continue-to-be-challenges-according-to-aw-restaurants-ceo-2719873" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Kevin Bazner</a> says through the challenges, the restaurant brand has “been through a combination of things. One is higher wages, there's no question about it, where our wages are up 15 to 20% and from where they were pre-pandemic,” says Bazner. “Technology like self-ordering is also helping us with productivity from fewer employees.”<a href="https://1851franchise.com/awrestaurants">A&amp;W</a> has weathered quite a few market cycles over the years. As several economists and strategists talk about a potential recession, A&amp;W is one of the restaurant chains that's lived through a pandemic.&nbsp;“Hopefully, the R-word won't come to fruition, but we're ready for it,” says Bazner. “We've lived through this before, and we'll get through this one.”Read the full article&nbsp;<a href="https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/video/inflation-labor-continue-challenges-w-210157604.html?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=yahoo-finance-inflation-and-labor-continue-to-be-challenges-according-to-aw-restaurants-ceo-2719873" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a> at Yahoo! Finance.

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