We are all anxious to get our restaurants reopened. And therefore, we are all anxious to come up with new ideas to attract back our customers and attract new ones. But keep in mind…
Working through the pandemic and watching the ups and downs of the financing world, I saw obvious winners and losers. The QSR world, particularly with drive-thrus, along with those with effcient takeout and delivery,…
International consulting firm McKinsey and Company, took the Twin City restaurant community under its wing and provided a study of the current state of the local industry, both pre-pandemic and post-pandemic. Here are some…
We have gone through the first round of financing assistance from the government and we are now embarking on the second. In the intervening period, there have been a number of grants and other…
In this time of total uncertainty and still no answer as to when Covid will end and when restaurants will go back to full strength, restaurant owners need to know what their legal options…
Dennis Monroe is quoted in the January 9 article “4 Post-Pandemic Lessons from the Great Recession” on QSR magazine’s website. The article considers the ways in which the pandemic is likely to reshape the…
Something evident from the recent Restaurant Finance Week was the great number of new ideas and serious discussions on what post-Covid restaurant concepts will look like. I would like to draw on some of…
At this point it is no secret that the Covid-19 pandemic has had an enormous impact on the commercial real estate market in general and restaurants in particular. During the summer and fall of…
The list of what we’ve learned over the last six months in terms of best practices for restaurant operators could be 20 to 30 items, but here are a few key ones: 1. Landlord…
