​Secure your supply chain

Our increased reliance on technology to conduct business right now is making cybersecurity all the more important – and not just within your restaurant but throughout your supply chain. When you conduct business with current suppliers and screen new ones, ensure those vendors are protecting against the risk to data they store about your business. Ask them what they are doing at the moment to tighten their security. Where are their weak points and what are they doing to address them? Security patches, multi-factor authentication and increased focus on recordkeeping can all provide some protection at a time when cybercriminals are looking for vulnerabilities.

​Time for a website tune-up

​Improving your website is another one of those tasks that’s difficult to take on in the midst of the daily rush. Now that business is slower – and technology is all the more important in keeping us connected and informed – take a closer look at your site and identify some areas to improve. First, don’t make people dig for your contact information, address, hours, and your current menu – the information should be easy for people to find with minimal clicks. Then, make it clear how they can order from you. If you deliver (particularly with in-house staff) post a prominent button at the top of your homepage to drive people to that function. Other links at the top of your homepage should connect people to your story/background, rewards program and any merchandise you offer. Of course, your site should be mobile-friendly too so all of this information is easily accessed on a mobile phone. If you’d like to see some websites that work, check out the examples on this page. 
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The use of new technologies will become the new way of operating to help limit direct person to person interaction.
  • Use or Introduce “Touchless” Payment
  • Web Ordering/Payment
    • Include your sanitation & safety statement
    • Take steps to secure your website to protect for cyber theft
    • Make sure that a customer can place an order on-line, pay for it and give a tip
  • Promote current website or enhance site to promote:
    • Sanitation Efforts
    • Menu (all types)
    • LTO’s
    • All new offerings – Take Out, Operating Hours, etc.