Another month down, and restaurateurs across all segments face major obstacles. In the last quarter of 2020, the restaurant industry eagerly awaits the proposed $120B earmarked for the industry as part of a second stimulus bill. Unfortunately, a partisan debate is holding up that bill, leaving the …
Restaurants and Masks: Best Tips for Wearing Them, Enforcing Policies
Restaurants are community hubs, a place for gatherings and conversation, with dine-in purchases commanding a sizable portion of all sales before pandemic protocols. Quarantine lockdowns have left many restaurants with reduced internal capacity or reliant entirely on off-premise orders to remain in …
How To Enhance Your Restaurant Curbside Service
Throughout the pandemic, off-premise orders have driven the market across most restaurant segments. Around 96.4% of all restaurant sales came from off-premise orders in May, with 40% of Americans reporting curbside as their preferred choice. Interest in curbside has risen due to the lack of …
Technically Speaking: How Your Restaurant Technologies Can Save the Day
We all know about the difficulties caused by coronavirus-related protocols, from lockdowns to capacity maximums in public forums. The pandemic has irrevocably rocked the world, creating a crisis in restaurants that rely heavily on off-premise service to stay in operation. As restrictions slowly …
More With Less: How To Manage Your Restaurant Capacity
On what feels like year four of quarantine, any platitudes to try and describe the pandemic's impact on the industry feel hollow. Despite the initial research, the coronavirus spread did not subside in the warmer months, with cases spiking instead. Loosened restrictions have started to tighten back …
Restaurant Music: How To Curate The Ultimate Playlist
There is a lot to keep up with running a restaurant, from minimizing pain points in your kitchen to effectively managing your guests during a pandemic and beyond. Bear in mind, the industry will persevere, the virus will be managed, and people desperately want to return to eating in restaurants. The …