It’s hard to believe that quarantine protocols have been in place for just over six months today, but here we are. It feels trite to discuss the difficulties that anyone in the restaurant industry already knows, whether that’s in the loss of employment to so many in the field, to overwhelming odds …
May I Take Your Order?: The History of Drive-Thrus
Restaurant drive-thrus are a quick and convenient place for customers to grab their favorite foods along their daily commutes. Pre-pandemic, 60-70 percent of a quick-service restaurant’s business came from the drive-thru. As restaurants innovate to create additional profit avenues, drive-thru …
August 2020: Restaurant Good News Roundup
Restaurants have suffered the brunt of the coronavirus pandemic, serving as the unexpected economic and socio-political frontlines of the year's travails. As of this writing, 53% of restaurants are permanently closed, with a running total of $120B lost so far. The industry is at an ever-shifting …
How To Become A Bartender
It may seem improbable to imagine bartending in the time of social distancing, especially as restaurateurs grapple with turnover and closure due to lockdown measures. But while the future may seem uncertain in the presence of the coronavirus pandemic, tomorrow will come. Look at how quickly guests …
July 2020: Restaurant Good News Roundup
Our long march through 2020 continues as we’ve reached the halfway point in the year, and things have remained just as challenging as before. Restaurants around the U.S. face unprecedented losses, with an expected $240B hit to total revenue by the end of the year. After quarantine restrictions were …
QSR Automations COVID-19 Operator Survey: Results
What we wanted to Know COVID-19 has walloped the restaurant industry — you've been reading it for the last three months! But terms like "hit hard" and "unprecedented times" become rote when we say them nonstop. With this survey, we wanted to assign some "faces" to these anxieties and break down …