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 …
It’s hard to believe that quarantine protocols have been in place for just over six months today, but here we are. It feels trite to discuss the difficulties that anyone in the restaurant industry already knows, whether that’s in the loss of employment to so many in the field, to overwhelming odds …
Restaurant drive-thrus are a quick and convenient place for customers to grab their favorite foods along their daily commutes. Pre-pandemic, 60-70 percent of a quick-service restaurant’s business came from the drive-thru. As restaurants innovate to create additional profit avenues, drive-thru …
In the best of times, restaurants operate between a 3-6% profit margin, with around 60% of them failing within the first year. On top of that, the competition in the market can cut into those already-tight figures. To combat this, restaurateurs have employed some extraordinary tactics to foster a …
If you were tired of hearing the word "unprecedented" in the early stages of the pandemic, get used to it. As we trundle into a reopen and tentatively feel out the new landscape, "uncertain" might become the next COVID buzzword. Restaurant operators, staff, and guests feel it in full measure, a …
Is it August already!? We're glancing at our rearview mirrors while July fades into the horizon as we work on this month's restaurant industry news roundup. It's been a rough year for restaurants. As states try to decrease virus numbers, restaurants who'd previously shuttered in-house traffic are …
