How Restaurants Can Survive COVID-19

Wednesday 18th of March 2020

How Restaurants Can Survive COVID-19

As coronavirus continues to spread in 165 countries, the businesses face a huge downturn with a significant drop in demand. This is especially seen in restaurants that are now empty almost most of the time and many have closed down. However, there are strategies restaurants can use to survive through this crisis.

Earning Sales

Getting customers to your restaurant is a huge challenge, with people worried about the safety at all times. So firstly and most importantly, reassure your customers that you are taking the risks seriously through your processes and procedures.

Look to spread out tables more than usual and start delivering. While people may not come out to your restaurant, they still must eat, so consider how you can maximize the delivery business

Reducing Costs

No matter how much you work on your marketing, the visits will be lower than usual so restaurants need to identify core trading periods and reduce operational hours. This will reduce variable costs such as energy.

Attempt more work in the work place. If there are items you are usually buying in ready-made that could be produced on site with the additional labour hours on hand, consider making these changes. And if you had capital expenditure projects, this definitely isn’t the right time for it.