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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

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By following policies that protect our guests, staff, and the business itself — actions like implementing an updated cleaning and sanitization policy across all restaurants — management teams put safety for all first and showed our staff that we will do what it takes to keep them safe. ”

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2021: A Year of Strategic Questions for Restaurants 

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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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Digital Dining and ‘Restaurant Recovery’ Show

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These include sanitation procedures, mask-wearing guidelines, social distancing policies, and more. Modern Hand Sanitizing Stands. released sleek and modern floor and counter stands for hand sanitizer dispensers made with the company’s signature anodized aluminum. Free for consumers and restaurants to use.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Virtual BBQ and Pieology in China

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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. ” Peace, Harmony and Chicken.

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Grubhub Grabbed and Contactless is Everywhere

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reception, cleaning, disinfection, security and maintenance services), and catering services (adapted to take in to account social distancing and contactless services). The solution was recently selected for rollout by a major European supermarket chain with more than 150 locations.

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White Castle Flips for Flippy and Burma Bites

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In March of 2020, faced with a statewide executive order to shut down dine-in operations, supply chain shortages, and safety concerns for their staff, the Cookseys made the hard decision to close Krazy Hog BBQ. ” BentoBox Launches Catering and Events Capabilities. ” BHC Acquires Catering by Lovables.

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AI Food Intelligence and Now Serving Democracy

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These may include additional cleaning measures like sanitizing between seatings, contactless payment, social distancing via spacing tables, and employees wearing masks. And, on Election Day, Nando’s will provide free catered meals to poll workers in Nando’s USA communities, as a thank-you to our dedicated poll-working volunteers.

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