Winter Is Coming: Make Sure You’re Ready by Planning Ahead to Boost Your Bottom Line

As the winter months quickly approach, restaurants must prepare to continue serving their customers while navigating weather and health and safety challenges. Ongoing inflation, higher interest rates, escalating food prices, and a tight labor market across industries add to the uncertainty.

Fortunately, the restaurant industry has proven for decades that innovation, resiliency, and, most of all, basic preparedness can save the day. From our experience working with small- and medium-sized businesses, preparedness and adaptability have both been key. This was particularly true for restaurants as dining preferences shifted dramatically throughout these last two years. The businesses that thrived planned ahead while also adapting to meet shifting customer demands.

Planning ahead ensures you have the supplies you need throughout the winter so you can better serve and satisfy customers, while also saving time, stress and money. With this in mind, consider the following recommendations to…