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A reopening toolkit: What restaurants need to protect guests and workers from coronavirus

From social distancing markers to QR codes and touchless experiences, these tools are designed to help restaurants adjust to a post-pandemic world

Holly Petre, Assistant Digital Editor

May 6, 2020

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Reopening a restaurant is no easy task after weeks of dining-room closures and a forced shift to delivery and carry-out. But as restrictions ease, restaurants will have to follow new guidelines, which is resulting in the need for new tools to ensure both customers and workers stay safe.

Many states are allowing restaurants to get back to business in phases, initially limiting capacity and requiring strict social distancing.

Guidelines vary by state, but suppliers are lining up to offer restaurants products designed to ease operations and help them meet local mandates.

And even as guests return for dine-in service, most restaurants that offer delivery and takeout are continuing those efforts as well. Consumers may be desperate to get back to full service, but some are still cautious and hard hit states like New York may not see a return to dine-in for a long time.

Here’s a toolkit of products restaurant operators could find helpful as they reopen for business, from social distancing decals to temperature scanners.

Send any product submissions to [email protected]

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About the Author

Holly Petre

Assistant Digital Editor

Holly Petre is a digital editor for Nation’s Restaurant News as well as the host of NRN’s podcast, Extra Serving, and producer for Informa Restaurant and Food Group’s other three podcasts, One On One by Food Management, Off the Shelf with SN and In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn. Holly holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Sculpture, fibers and Material Studies and Ceramics from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A native New Yorker, Holly enjoys her place on staff as the resident pop-culture expert and millennial with a sassy attitude and great sense of style.

Holly Petre’s work on Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality often covers marketing and trends, either aimed-at or examined-through the millennial mindset. Holly is responsible for introducing TikTok and Twitch to NRN and RH readers as well as explaining terms like “Karen” to staff and readers alike. She also spends her time on staff trying not to make every headline a pun.

Holly Petre hasn’t spoken at any events or on panels, but she is readily available with a killer shoe wardrobe and several witty quips.

 

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