by Aaron Wise | Nov 3, 2020 | Restaurant
One in four restaurants will permanently close by the end of the year, costing the country millions of jobs and at least one full percentage point of GDP. Yet for many of the country’s large and publicly traded restaurants, business would seem to be nothing but...
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 31, 2020 | Covid-19
Yo’ Mama’s Restaurant Although national statistics and insights from restaurant lobbyists on Capitol Hill can be helpful, sometimes the best place to go for real advice is a local owner-operator. So we called Crystal Peterson, co-owner of a legendary eatery in...
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...
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