Tag: Challenges & Opportunities
Challenges & Opportunities: Staffing
The Challenge
According to Restaurants Canada’s Restaurant Outlook Survey published in April 2020, an estimated 800,000 foodservice employees were either laid off or not currently...
Challenges & Opportunities: Real Estate
The Challenge
In March, the phones at Toronto-based CHI Real Estate Group, a hospitality-business broker that helps clients buy and sell restaurants and commercial properties,...
Challenges & Opportunities: Takeout
The Challenge
When dining-rooms shuttered across the country, operators were forced to re-think their takeout strategies in order to survive. While some segments — such...
Maintaining Food-Safety Standards Starts With Staff Training
THE CHALLENGE The road from farm to fork is a long one, with food passing through many hands before landing on customers’ plates....
Operators Need to Stand Out From the Crowd to Attract and...
THE CHALLENGE According to Restaurants Canada, labour issues remain the top challenge for foodservice operators, with 59 per cent of those surveyed reporting...
Food-Waste Solutions Are Not A One-Size-Fits-All Proposition
THE CHALLENGE You’d be hard pressed to find any foodservice operator who isn’t looking at their food-waste practices — from delivery and prep...
Grocerants Offer Elevated Food Experiences to Steal Market Share
THE CHALLENGE A decade ago, a ‘grocerant’ — a hybrid grocery/restaurant offering — was rare and the concept of grocery delivery and meal...
Demand for Third-Party Delivery is Changing The Restaurant Dynamic
THE CHALLENGE Much has been written about the proliferation of third-party restaurant delivery and its impact — actual, perceived and potential — on the...
