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Industries all across the country are experiencing the disruptive impact of the COVID-19. Discover how it could affect the U.S. foodservice, grocery and convenience industries.

Operations

CDC says vaccinated restaurant parties no longer need a mask outdoors

 By Peter Romeo on Apr. 27, 2021

Customers who dine inside restaurants still need face coverings, even if they've had the vaccine.

Financing

Restaurants can seek $29B in new federal aid starting Monday

 By Peter Romeo on Apr. 27, 2021

Applications for up to $10 million from the Restaurant Revitalization Fund begin May 3, and operators can register ahead of time starting Friday.

Consumer Trends

The restaurant critic’s job has changed … maybe forever

By Patricia Cobe on Apr. 24, 2021

Traditional restaurant reviews were a casualty of the pandemic, but change was in the air pre-COVID. What happens next?

Topics

BJ's Restaurants says the labor crunch is hurting its sales

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 23, 2021

The casual chain says business is rebounding faster than it can hire employees to handle the workload.

Leadership

How the pandemic sharpened the hearing of O’Charley’s Craig Barber

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 23, 2021

The casual-dining chain was already pursuing initiatives that would help during the crisis, but communications needed to deepen.

Financing

POS providers will help restaurants apply for RRF grants

By Joe Guszkowski on Apr. 22, 2021

The SBA is partnering with Clover, NCR, Toast and Square to help ease the application process for the $28.6 billion in federal funds.

Financing

Los Angeles eyes an aid package for its restaurants

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 22, 2021

Qualifying operations would get $5,000 grants and a cut in fees.

Financing

SBA moves closer to sending out $29B in restaurant grants

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 19, 2021

A seven-day pilot program is set to begin within the next two weeks. But the agency has yet to set date to start fielding actual applications.

Operations

A lot more restaurants are paying their rent

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 19, 2021

More than one-third of restaurants were behind on their April rent, according to a new study from Alignable, but that was a big drop from March.

Topics

Golden Corral's largest franchisee finds buffets getting a second life

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 16, 2021

Eric Holm, whose company has emerged from bankruptcy, said his surviving units are approaching where they were in 2019.

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