Practical Advice for Restaurants to Survive COVID-19
*Updated March 18, 2020. This story was originally published by Food On Demand’s sister publication, the Restaurant Finance Monitor. The challenges for restaurants from the COVID-19 virus are formidable. Already, many state and local governments have ordered...
Restaurant Expert Q&A: COVID-19 Bigger than Great Recession
Ryan Palmer is a Minneapolis-based attorney and partner at Lathrop GPM (formerly Gray Plant Mooty) who is a long-standing expert on independent and franchised restaurant operations. He is the chair of his firm’s restaurant, food and hospitality group. Food On Demand...
Delivery Providers Roll Out Restaurant Relief
With many states and local municipalities closing bars and restaurants or restricting service to off-premises channels only, the four largest U.S.-based national delivery providers have rolled out a wave of ways to help their restaurant partners. So far, those...
Restaurant Analysts React to COVID-19 Closures
Nobody knows how the current social distancing and mandated bar and restaurant restrictions will impact the wider foodservice industry as many restaurants pivot to off-premises-only operations or close down, but the leading restaurant analysts are zeroing in on what...
Nextbite Offers Virtual Restaurants in a Box
The appeal of virtual restaurant concepts for existing restaurateurs looking to monetize excess kitchen capacity is straightforward, but getting new online-only virtual brands up and running still takes work like negotiating new contracts, securing prime placement on...
Outstanding Operators
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