Reopening & Recovery

Restaurants are recovering from the pandemic, but rising food costs and supply shortages are causing new problems.

Take a look at how simple menu and service tweaks can reduce the amount of food you throw out each day.

All 50 states and DC added restaurant jobs in June, but staffing levels remained dampened in nearly every state.

Consumers ramped up their restaurant spending during the first half of 2021.

The Work Opportunity Tax Credit can help offset your hiring costs

Latest version, our 6th edition, incorporates new OSHA recommendations for vaccinated/unvaccinated workers

As restaurants recover from the pandemic, labor shortages and commodity prices are painful, but things are looking up.

Restaurant employment continued to rise in June, but the industry was only able to fill a fraction of the available job openings.

Key lesson: Gloves never take the place of proper handwashing.

Comfort foods are here to stay; staffing shortages require controlled customer counts for now.

Only 4 states – Idaho, Wyoming, Montana and South Dakota – have seen restaurant employment return to pre-pandemic levels.

Events, videos, ad campaigns, free giveaways all work to get workforce on board with shots.

Leaders who can get comfortable having tough conversations build more trust among employees.

What does Generation Z want from a job?

The founding members of Let’s Talk Womxn share their experiences and expectations for the future

Career opportunities knock as fast-casual pizza company opens doors for justice-involved youth.

A new survey indicates consumers have yet to get their fill of restaurants, which means the positive sales trajectory has more room to run.

The Louisiana franchisor opened 12 units during the pandemic and used limited capacity as an employment strategy.

Eating and drinking places are still 1.5 million jobs below pre-pandemic staffing levels.

In key webinar takeaways, experts walk you through how to get lenders to approve your PPP loan forgiveness applications.

TransCanWork, a nonprofit founded by a transgender restaurant executive, is helping the community succeed in business.

Our Association’s State Affairs VP shares his insights on a post-pandemic industry.

This easy-to-use spreadsheet will help you track expenses to facilitate SBA’s validation process for RRF grant expenditures.

Incentives such as paid time off encourage employees to get vaccinated

While the restaurant industry is expected to expand payrolls this summer, it will likely be a mix of both coronavirus recovery and seasonal jobs.

The District of Columbia, Vermont, New York and Hawaii have the largest deficits from their pre-coronavirus employment levels.

In part two of our discussion, Clarence Otis and Gene Lee explain how to make industry careers look accessible and appealing to diverse candidates.

While the impact of stimulus checks will fade in the coming months, economic fundamentals remain conducive for continued spending growth.

Operators talk about changes they made, and how they’ll affect business forever.

More than 8 in 10 restaurant operators say their staffing levels are lower than what they would normally be in the absence of COVID-19.

The casual dining chain’s former and current CEOs share thoughts on how restaurants can attract more talent.

Good news for restaurant owners hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic: Relief funds just for small hospitality businesses.

The American Rescue Plan Act extends the Employee Retention Tax Credit to Dec. 31.

Culinary icon’s charitable arm donates $135K to 27 schools across the country.

Our new step-by-step resource guides you through the application process.

Patrick Guzzle, VP of Food Science and Industry, talks about vaccines, safety protocols, and the importance of handwashing.

Industry experts look at sustainability and sourcing more than a year since COVID-19’s onset.

With necessity the mother of invention, eateries find creative ways to celebrate May 9.

Public Affairs conference focuses on how bipartisanship in the House and Senate could help business.

COVID-19 impacts two Chicago pizzerias’ approaches to menu and operation generating changes good enough to keep.

Despite the broad-based gains, restaurant employment remains below pre-pandemic levels in every state.

Warmer weather and additional stimulus payments bolstered consumer spending in restaurants.

Execs from Tropical Smoothie Cafe, Taco Bell, and KFC discuss supply challenges, and the return of sustainability practices.

Homestyle cooking and comfort food thrives off-premises, while updated technology makes ordering seamless.

In some instances, alcohol-to-go means beer and wine delivery only, but could also include liquor delivery, and may or may not include cocktails.

Check out these new products in the areas of sustainability, technology, and safety and health.

Shari’s boosted sales through outdoor dining, emphasis on comfort, plus a virtual burger brand and pie-of-the-month program.

Despite the recent gains, eating and drinking places are still 1.8 million jobs below their pre-pandemic employment level.

The National Restaurant Association asked the SBA to streamline the process to prevent administrative complexity.

This year’s theme focuses on uniting our industry’s voices, especially in the throes of the pandemic.