This article was originally written in February 2020 to be published in the March/April 2020 issue of MENU Mag. As restaurants reopen and staff comes back to work, rebuilding a team that is...
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As restrictions ease, and restaurants reopen or prepare for a reopening, marketing and PR will become increasingly important for operators to work with, even if they never have before. Regaining consumer confidence, and...
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At Chain Yard, Halifax’s first urban cidery, brainstorming for new products and ciders happens in an unusual locale. “This building is actually an old bank,” explains operations manager Mike Lim. “The office where...
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By Karon Liu for the Toronto Star Photo by Steve Russell Read a follow-up to this piece, “How is Albert’s doing during the COVID-19 crisis?” here. Thirty-five years ago this month Toronto was...
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Restaurants are facing an uncertain future amid COVID-19. Hundreds of thousands of food service jobs have been lost since the breakout, and about one in ten restaurants have permanently shut down (1). The...
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Charles Darwin said, “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives, it is the one that is the most adaptable to change.” Basically, ‘Adapt or...
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The Greenhouse marketing team had big plans for the spring of 2020. In early April, we were set to launch our first-ever national advertising campaign. Our goal was to introduce Greenhouse to new...
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By Bria Weaver for Mirvik Uniforms & Merch With restaurant dining rooms beginning to reopen, fears about COVID-19 continue to play a major role in consumer decisions. While the health and safety of...
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All photos by @liannesnowphoto and @only1andywright As restaurants across Canada begin to contemplate their reopening and recovery, a new challenge is taking the spotlight: staffing and labour. As restaurants closed their doors and...
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By Joe Baker and Kristin Straney Centennial College, School of Hospitality, Tourism & Culinary Arts If Canada’s foodservice labour shortage wasn’t challenging enough for operators before the COVID-19 pandemic, hiring in our “next”...
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