by Aaron Wise | Nov 1, 2020 | Restaurant
“We’re doing a lot more sanitation. Everybody’s wearing masks. We closed our dining room.” So began our phone conversation last week with Ohio chef Jordan Hamons, enumerating practices that nearly all restaurant owners in the country have been forced to adopt this...
by Aaron Wise | Oct 25, 2020 | Restaurant
Two months since our last report on restaurant statistics, restaurant industry sales continue to whipsaw. In April, sales from Food Services & Drinking Places (NAICS code 722) totaled $30 billion, a collapse of -53% versus April 2019. By June, sales had increased...
by Dayne Shuda | Oct 24, 2020 | Restaurant
Tap your local area with creative strategies to increase revenue. You’ve spent time, money, and a lot of effort to get your restaurant off the ground. Every day you go to work hoping and expecting to see more actual diners inside your restaurant excited to sample your...
by Aaron Wise | Oct 21, 2020 | Restaurant
It is earnings week; more blue chip companies report second quarter fiscal results this week than any other week. Today on national radio, senior restaurant analyst Michael Halen discussed disappointing earnings reports from McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD) and Starbucks...
by Restaurant Den | Oct 20, 2020 | Covid-19
During 2020, the internet has, without a doubt, been the savior of the restaurant industry due to the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the government slammed the doors shut on dine-in customers, a huge number of restaurateurs turned to food delivery in order to...