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How Does Curbside Pickup Work?

Curbside pickup for restaurants is a method of serving takeout customers “at the curb” so they don’t have to enter the building or even leave their cars. As the coronavirus pandemic has forced restaurants to react to an unexpecteded crisis , curbside pickup offers a safe and efficient way to serve customers and limit person-to-person contact. Any restaurant can offer curbside pickup by slightly altering their current takeout procedures. We’ll walk you through the process so you can start offering curbside pickup food orders in your community. 1. Make a Curbside Station Restaurants across the country are creating their own take on the curbside pickup model by making pickup stations unique to their business and brand. Consider your curbside s

Following Social Distance Guidelines in a Restaurant Dining Room

COVID-19 continues to affect our daily lives, but how is it going to affect the way establishments serve dine-in customers when everyone is recommended to social distance? If you are preparing to reopen your restaurant but still aren’t sure how to configure the seating for your customers or how to train your wait staff, we have some tips to help. Social Distancing and Seating The federal and state governments have been advising that all people in the United States stay a minimum of 6 feet away from each other. Whether you are arranging seating indoors or outdoors, you will want to take this into consideration when setting up seating. Here’s five things you can do to space the tables out for your customers. Take out at least half of the tabl

How to Reopen a Restaurant

When natural disasters or pandemics strike, you may be forced to shut the doors of your business for a little while or adapt your business model for a crisis . With the novel coronavirus, many restaurants experienced financial burdens that put them out of business while stay-at-home orders limited access to customers. The timeline for a full reopening is unknown, but as quarantines phase out slowly, you can start planning for your grand reopening. As life begins to establish a sense of normalcy post-crisis, we prepared a list of steps that you can take to reopen your restaurant doors. Shop All Social Distancing Supplies Checklist for Reopening Your Restaurant After a Crisis Opening your doors again after a crisis will require planning ahead