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How to Turn Your FOH Staff into Delivery Drivers

7 Shifts

With COVID-19 shutting down businesses worldwide in 2020, restaurants were forced to shut down their dining rooms and pivot to off-site dining only—takeout and delivery. There are two main options when it comes to opening your restaurant for delivery. The second option is take-out and delivery which the restaurateur runs and controls.

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Future of Food Delivery

Goliath Consulting

The coronavirus crisis has challenged restaurants to rethink the way they deal with food delivery for good. Larger franchises have offered free delivery (McDonalds, Applebee’s, IHOP, Panera Bread, Wingstop and Chipotle Mexican Grill, among many others) to accommodate decreasing on-premise sales (1).

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How to Start a Restaurant: 6 Places to Hire Your Back of House

Cheetah

You pay a set amount to Instawork per hour, and the company handles everything from insurance to billing. Reading Time: 3 minutes One of the main challenges for restaurant owners figuring out how to start a restaurant is hiring the right people. Potential employees come with ratings, and you can even request a favorite worker for next time!

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3rd Party Delivery Apps Lying in Wait for Restaurant Reopening

Cheetah

In the background of the coronavirus pandemic, the cries of restaurants over the way 3rd-party delivery apps are oppressing them finally reached San Francisco decision-makers. In April last year, Mayor London Breed announced a 15% cap on food delivery service fees. Reading Time: 6 minutes. Here’s our take on the issue. .

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12 Tips for Restaurant Delivery/Takeout During COVID-19 Crisis

Restaurant365

As many restaurant operators transition from dine-in service to delivery and takeout service only, there are many operational decisions to make. However, if you determine that pivoting to a takeout/delivery only model is the best business move for your restaurant business, these 12 tips could help ease your transition.

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Restaurant Hiring: Navigating the Labor Shortage

7 Shifts

Imagine if you were furloughed from your job then offered it back with more responsibility and less pay; you probably wouldn't be in a hurry to return to that job either.”. As we start to welcome back workers, doing things as they were before isn't going to work—especially in hiring. Do you need someone to make deliveries part-time?

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Increasing Your Restaurant Delivery Profits

Restaurant Engine

The pandemic presented an opportunity for restaurant delivery services. Did you know that more than 60% of consumers in the United States say they order food for delivery once a week? For most of your restaurant customers, delivery is an expected service. Yet, offering delivery can be expensive for restaurants.