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As Pandemic Lingers, Adding Good Communication to the Menu Can Reduce Customer Concerns

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The good news is, with a thoughtful and ongoing communications plan this work can be accomplished while also promoting the restaurant to new and existing patrons. These media should be leveraged to communicate in a style and voice that is authentic to your business and your policies so there is no guesswork on the part of your customers.

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COVID-19 Best Practices for Restaurants: Navigating Coronavirus for Staff & Managers

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Restaurant owners and operators are encouraged to review the online resources their state and local health departments have provided for the latest information about COVID-19 in their community, and take extra precautionary steps in the workplace to protect the safety and wellbeing of staff and guests. Take time off if you feel ill.

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Four Major Benefits of Tech Tools to Elevate Safety and Quality

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Restaurants are feeling an unprecedented churn as they face staffing shortages, implement new SOPs, keep up with city, state, and national regulatory agencies and ever-evolving pandemic information – while also running their business and keeping everyone safe. Many restaurant leaders are feeling relentless pressure.

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Here’s What Your Restaurant Can Do to Accommodate the ‘New Norm’

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Make sure that your employees are keeping their distance, even while cleaning and sanitizing common areas. Communicate Health and Safety Measures. No matter what it is, that initial communication is so important! Hand sanitizer and face masks have been wiped clean off the shelves in many grocery stores!

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How Restaurants Can Better Prepare to Prevent Foodborne Illness in the Wake of COVID-19

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As a result, consumers will have a renewed interest and demand for hygiene, and successful brands will learn how to proactively and thoughtfully communicate to their customers around the actions they take to ensure proper sanitation in the wake of the pandemic and what lies ahead. Communicating with the Customer.

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Spreading Southern Hospitality Through the Pandemic

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Open and clear communication across our organization has been pivotal. In terms of operations, we enhanced our already stringent sanitation and safety protocols to comply with new government regulations, but ultimately, we needed to effectively and clearly communicate these changes externally to instill confidence in our customers.

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Coronavirus: Restaurants Respond

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In response to Coronavirus concerns: Danny Meyer tweeted that The Modern would be closed for a day and every inch sanitized after a guest tested positive for COVID-19, despite being told by the NYS Health Commissioner says no risk of transmission; “Team & guests come first,” the hospitality leader concluded.