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This week's top 10: Restaurants find it hard to bring back employees, lawmakers debate improvements to PPP loans

Coronavirus forces a rethink of restaurant design, the Independent Restaurant Coalition gives a voice to smaller businesses and more trending stories for independent restaurants

Holly Petre, Assistant Digital Editor

May 28, 2020

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This week, more and more states grappled with reopening in a post-COVID-19 world.

Lawmakers set about debating improvements to the Paycheck Protection Program which infamously came under fire for helping large restaurant chains rather than small, independent businesses as the program was intended. There appears to be bipartisan support for extending loan payment deadlines and more flexibility for how the loan is used.

Some restaurants that have opened, partly due to help from PPP loans, have experienced some issues rehiring former employees. Several restaurants that have had issues rehiring employees spoke to Restaurant Hospitality this week about how it's different for each individual employee to figure out hours, pay and role in this new environment.

And for those that open, they have to rethink how their restaurants are laid out. Buffets and close tables are a thing of the past, bathrooms pose an issue and food halls may still make a resurgence. See what some design experts said about the future of restaurant design.

See what else was trending on Restaurant Hospitality this week.

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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