The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the restaurant industry big time. Many restaurants permanently shut down due to COVID-19, and the others are barely surviving. As the restaurants look forward to resuming their operations, they face a host of challenges to provide a comfortable and safe dining experience.
Here are some tips for a successful restaurant reopening during COVID-19:
Redefine your standard operating procedures
You need to develop new standard operating procedures for your restaurant and train the staff to follow safety and sanitation guidelines recommended by the World Health Organization and regulatory bodies in your country. All the employees, including waitstaff, kitchen staff, and managers, must wear masks and gloves.
They should be encouraged to wash their hands with soap and water multiples times a day. Furthermore, you must instruct all employees to immediately inform and take days off if they experience the symptoms of COVID-19. Checking employee temperature before the shift is also a good practice to ensure employee and customer safety.