The surcharge will be added onto orders at a small portion of the restaurants served by the Boston-based company starting Tuesday, with plans to add the fee nationwide on July 10.
What a difference a year makes: Trends born of the pandemic might endure
May 11, 2021 Operators talk about changes they made, and how they’ll affect business forever.
Fransmart’s Rise Southern Biscuits & Righteous Chicken developed an app and installed kiosks and heated food lockers at its stores so people could place orders online and come in minutes later to pick up their food. For more than a year, restaurants have faced huge challenges and changes due to COVID-19. Now, as customers gather in restaurants again and the industry slowly emerges from the crisis, experts are looking at trends developed during the pandemic that have staying power.
March 1, 2021
In July of 2020, Rohini Dey owner of Chicago’s Vermilion restaurant wanted to create a movement for women restaurateurs to connect with each other while trying to keep their businesses afloat during the pandemic, sharing resources, offering support, and combining economic power.
The initiative was called Let’s Talk Womxn, and launched with 15 members in Chicago before swiftly expanding to include more than 350 members across 12 cities, including Boston. To celebrate International Women’s Day, Let’s Talk Womxn will debut its first nationwide event and you’re invited.
Nine cities will participate in “Dine Together & Let’s Talk” on March 8, when women restaurateurs will join together and create multi-course meals paired with a Zoom conversation moderated by prominent movers and shakers, including Mass. Attorney General Maura Healey. In Boston, the event features a four-course dinner for two ($85), with the option to choose from a vegetarian or omni