If you’re doing this, please stop: More diners than ever are making restaurant reservations and not showing up. One large Waikīkī eatery had 150 no-shows in a single day; after that, it eliminated reservations entirely and now only takes walk-in customers. At Little Joe’s Steakhouse in Iwilei and The Signature Prime Steak & Seafood at Ala Moana, 25 to 30% of customers cancel bookings or simply don’t show up every day. “After such a long spell of losses, and operating at a limited capacity, we are still trying to recoup. No-shows are one, two, five, 10 meals we could have sold,” says Jennifer Ohara, front-of-house manager at King Street’s Karai Crab, which had 30 no-shows on Saturday night. “It may mean turning away people. It may mean wait times are longer than they need to be. It also means keeping on staff we may not need for the entire shift, so not only do restaurants lose out on income, they are paying for staffing they don’t ultimately need.”
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Summer’s here and with case counts trending in our favor (knock wood), eaters in a mood to celebrate are returning to restaurants in force. In ordinary times that would be good news right there, but at eateries dealing with unprecedented worker shortages and government-mandated capacity restrictions, that can mean long lines and wait times.
There are simple ways eaters can ease the experience not just for themselves, but for other diners and maxed-out restaurants. We polled owners and managers around Honolulu for their best win-win advice.
Call orders in early
Lots of my customers call their order in around 9 or 10 a.m. for pickup at 11 or after. If it’s really busy and you walk in, there could be 10 to 15 tickets ahead of you and I will honestly tell my walk-ins it’s probably a 45-minute to one-hour wait. The smaller the establishment, the smaller the crew. For us it’s just three pairs of hands going as fast as we can.
Ashland s Antaron ECo Gel Imparts Water Resistance in Sun Care January 15, 2021 Contact Author Michele Behrens
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Ashland s Antaron ECo is a natural sun care active that offers water resistance and biodegradability for gel, lotion, milk or spray formulas.
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Ashland has launched Antaron ECo gel (INCI: Ethylcellulose), an ingredient format that reportedly provides easy incorporation of nature-derived water resistance in sunscreens and offers a lighter feel ideal for gel, lotion, milk or spray formulas. As mentioned, Antaron ECo gel can be applied in in sun care formulations, as well as daily moisturizers, primers, foundations, BB/CC creams, lipsticks and eye products.