Pivoting From an Economic Downturn

Restaurants are in a scary and uncertain place. As states reopen, restaurants must deal with rehiring staff, redesigning floor plans to comply with social distancing, and battling customer hesitation dine-in again. According to the Texas Restaurant Association, half of the restaurants in Texas are hesitant to reopen. Since Georgia's push to reopen in late April, customers did not flood back to eateries at the expected rate. Many cite that even though they miss being outside, some are prepared to practice social distancing at home until October. Atlanta-based Bad Axe saw the impact, only having two customers the entire first weekend they were open. 

The pandemic has fiscally walloped restaurants across the industry. Some may be thinking along the lines of Tiger King's Joe Exotic, that you're "never going to financially recover from this." We have some tips to help as you pivot from these challenging economic times. 

The State of the Economy"We anticipate the worst…