Wingstop’s first-quarter results were good, but in the early weeks of the second quarter, the company’s deep commitment to digital operations sent its sales skyward. The company reported a 9.9 percent same-store sales increase through the quarter which ended March 30....
It’s hard to quantify how many more people are ordering during the COVID-19 crisis. A new survey from Sense360 shows that 21 percent of respondents are now working from home, with 15 percent saying they would order groceries online, but just 5 percent planning to...
In an unprecedented time, restaurants large and small are closing dining rooms, laying off staff, and scrambling to figure out off-premises solutions. Empty, closed-off dining rooms even in areas where it’s not mandated by local governments are certainly the most...
*Updated March 18, 2020. This story was originally published by Food On Demand’s sister publication, the Restaurant Finance Monitor. The challenges for restaurants from the COVID-19 virus are formidable. Already, many state and local governments have ordered...
Nobody knows how the current social distancing and mandated bar and restaurant restrictions will impact the wider foodservice industry as many restaurants pivot to off-premises-only operations or close down, but the leading restaurant analysts are zeroing in on what...
This article was originally published by Alex Canter, founder and CEO of Ordermark, on LinkedIn. It is republished in full here with permission. Thank you to Alex and the Ordermark team for their insights. As concerns about coronavirus grow, Ordermark sat down with...
