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50 Great Ideas 2020

50 Great Ideas 2020

Singing food deliveries

 Aug. 11, 2020

Before the pandemic closed its dining room, RTE 47 in Yorkville, Ill., often hired musicians to perform there.

50 Great Ideas 2020

Cooking for supermarkets

 Aug. 11, 2020

Brennan’s in Houston employed its chefs to prepare its signature dishes for H-E-B markets, giving the restaurant a new revenue stream and keeping staff working.

50 Great Ideas 2020

Chicken for cheap

Aug. 11, 2020

Wichita, Kan., chain Chick N Max was selling boxed meals at a deep discount to help people impacted by the pandemic.

50 Great Ideas 2020

Barbecue vending machine

Aug. 11, 2020

Jones Bar-B-Q in Kansas City, Kan., installed a refrigerated vending machine for contactless purchases of burnt ends, chicken wings, rib tips and more.

50 Great Ideas 2020

PPP for self-delivery

Aug. 11, 2020

Emerging chains Bellagreen and Original ChopShop used their federal Paycheck Protection Program loans to launch self-delivery programs, keeping workers employed and avoiding steep third-party delivery fees.

50 Great Ideas 2020

Elderly relief plan

Aug. 11, 2020

The state of California introduced what it called a first-of-its-kind initiative connecting restaurants with elderly people in need of meals.

50 Great Ideas 2020

DQ camp-in

Aug. 11, 2020

Dairy Queen’s Box of Happy promotion offered families activities based on summer fun such as camping and going to the beach.

50 Great Ideas 2020

Everyone is a ghost kitchen

Aug. 11, 2020

NRD Capital, owner of Ruby Tuesday, has created Franklin Junction, a company that allows any restaurant to become a potential “ghost kitchen.” It connects restaurants that want to expand into new markets with other restaurants that want to act as host concepts.

50 Great Ideas 2020

From spirits to sanitizer

Aug. 11, 2020

Koval Distillery in Chicago, Short Path Distillery in Boston and others shifted their operations to begin producing hand sanitizer to address the nationwide shortage during the pandemic.

50 Great Ideas 2020

Digital pitch to potential partners

Aug. 11, 2020

Focus Brands, parent of McAlister’s Deli, Jamba and others, launched a webinar series to educate developers and prospective franchisees on its post-pandemic growth plans.

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