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Having Pivoted at the Start of COVID-19, Distilleries Are Now Drowning in Hand Sanitizer

EATER

A Long Island distillery that transitioned their production from spirits to hand sanitizer in response to the COVID-19 crisis. Plus, what’s the deal with eating airline food at home, and more news to start your day Distilleries that pivoted from liquor to hand sanitizer have been hung out to dry after the pandemic’s initial panic-demand.

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Importance Of Contactless Delivery And How To Quickly Implement It At Your Restaurant

The Restaurant Times

Considering the convenience factor, too, online food delivery has become a significant platform for restaurants to cater to the different needs of customers and keep their business up and running. Despite restrictions being eased, customers are still preferring online food delivery over dine-in services.

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Experience Is the Best Teacher: Five Things My Father — and Hard Times — Have Taught Me About Leadership in the Restaurant Industry

Modern Restaurant Management

” He would never take them for granted with short-sighted decisions like cutting portions and raising prices, however tempting that solution may be. We also sent our marketing teams to contact large businesses, hospitals, manufacturing plants, and schools to find out if we could help with food and catering.

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Top 4 Consumer Trends That UAE Restaurants Need To Watch Out For In 2021

The Restaurant Times

A recovering economy, saturated retail market, and introduction of VAT have made people price and health-conscious. Therefore, the least a customer expects from a restaurant is good food quality, value for money, appropriate sanitation measures, both of their premises and staff, as well as safe home delivery. .

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MRM Franchise Feed: Virtual BBQ and Pieology in China

Modern Restaurant Management

Fazoli’s fans in Atlanta can order delectable Italian dishes for delivery, carryout and catering only. All of Fazoli’s grand opening plans and training initiatives have been refreshed to incorporate its enhanced COVID-19 cleaning and sanitation procedures.

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2021: A Year of Strategic Questions for Restaurants 

Modern Restaurant Management

We're sanitizing all surfaces—and people are still getting sick. I wonder: Will we see greater flexibility—a restaurant that can quickly pivot from mostly catering to mostly delivery to mostly dine-in—or increased specialization? We're checking temperatures. We're wearing masks. We're spacing people.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Nearly a half (48 percent) of consumers are looking to pre-made/catered dinners, meal kits and takeout for their holiday meals. Consumers are looking towards pre-made/catered meals (15 percent), take-out (18 percent), and meal kits (15 percent) in place of meal prep for one of their holiday or New Year’s meals.