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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-June 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

62 percent of respondents answered that frequent sanitization of all surfaces would be their most important safety initiative. Retail, grocery, and restaurant online order for pickup orders grew 201 percent in April 2020 compared to February 2020. Shifting Dining Habits. percent had been sheltering-in-place during the pandemic.

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How Nonprofits That Train People to Work in Restaurants Navigated COVID-19

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For many organizations, the first step in dealing with pandemic shutdowns was just to help their participants and alumni get through the initial weeks On the evening of Saturday, March 14, 2020, the staff at Café Momentum served only seven diners.

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PPP Flexibility, Free Reopening Resources and HungerForce

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7010 – Paycheck Protection Program (PP) Flexibility Act of 2020 which extends provisions of the act to give more time to both use and pay back the funds. Increase to five years the maturity of PPP loans that are approved by SBA (based on the date SBA assigns a loan number) on or after June 5, 2020. PPP Goes Flexible.

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Grubhub Grabbed and Contactless is Everywhere

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This guidance implements the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act (PPPFA), signed into law by President Trump on June 5, 2020, and expands eligibility for businesses with owners who have past felony convictions. It covers both facilities management on-site services (i.e.