Application process for Paycheck Protection Program begins April 3
Getty Images
Access to capital will be speedy, officials pledge, but clarification is still needed.
Read more >>
How Wingstop is growing sales during the pandemic
5 ways the brand is defying trends with same-store sales up 8.9% in the last two weeks of March.
Read more >>
Subway testing 'Subway Grocery' in 100 Southern California restaurants
Nancy Luna
Restaurants are offering contactless curbside pickup or delivery of everything from footlong breads to bulk bacon for consumers looking to avoid the grocery store.
Read more >>
Restaurant companies like McDonald’s, Yum Brands, Shake Shack respond to coronavirus with closures, layoffs, other business updates
Nation’s Restaurant News rounds up the latest business updates from the largest restaurant chains.
Read more >>
What will the restaurant industry look like after coronavirus?
CEOs of Coffee & Bagel Brands, Garbanzo and Hopdoddy share outlook in Cornell University webinar.
Read more >>
Olive Garden parent Darden Restaurants furloughs 20% of corporate staff, 150,000 hourly restaurant workers
Nancy Luna
Same-store sales were down more than 70% in each of the last three weeks despite a dramatic uptick in to-go sales at Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse.
Read more >>
Red Robin doubles off-premise sales amid coronavirus pandemic
Uptick helps offset closures of dine-in at ‘substantially all’ of the casual-dining brand’s units, CEO Paul Murphy says.
Read more >>
TGI Fridays’ plans to go public collapse in wake of coronavirus pandemic
Allegro Merger Corp. terminates deal due to ‘extraordinary market conditions.'
Read more >>
Chefs, law firm form coalition to fight for insurance claims related to coronavirus
Business Interruption Group to demand immediate compensation.
Read more >>
Third-party delivery apps are doing more for restaurants and the industry, but still not waiving fees for restaurants during the coronavirus pandemic
Uber
Uber Eats adds an in-app donation button; independent restaurants on Grubhub to receive $250 each for ‘Supper for Support’ promotions.
Read more >>
