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This week's fresh serve of news from the Catering and Restaurant Industry. Keep up-to-date with the latest in Catering Equipment & Restaurant Equipment, Food Trends & Business Tips from around the web.

NSW Budget gets us 'Out and About' to support restaurants, cafes & caterers

Restaurant & Catering Australia (R&CA) today welcomed the NSW Government’s 2020-21 Budget as a comprehensive and landmark package of measures designed to support the Restaurant, Café and Catering sector get back on its feet after a horror year due brought about by the COVID-19 Pandemic. A centrepiece of the NSW Budget is the announcement of a $500 million ‘Out & About’ Voucher scheme which will give every NSW resident aged 18 and over four $25 vouchers worth $100 in total – with two vouchers able to be used for eating in venues such as restaurants, cafes, clubs and other food service venues. The program will be run through Service NSW with a CBD trial expected to commence in December 2020 before rolling out across the state. Read more ... Original story and image on rca.asn.au Original story and image on theshout.com.au

Raising the Bar helps hundreds of pubs and bars to be COVID-safe

Hundreds of pubs, clubs and bars across Sydney and New South Wales are benefitting from Bundaberg Rum’s Raising the Bar initiative, which is being officially launched in Sydney earlier this week. The initiative is a $11.5m fund to help support jobs, recovery, and innovation in the Australian hospitality industry. In addition more than 150 venues across New South Wales have received ‘Bear Cares Safety packages’ providing essential supplies of hand sanitiser, dispensers, floor demarcations, thermal scanners and PPE. Read more ...

Designing with distance: How restaurants are evolving to meet pandemic needs

Forced air blasted between bar seats. Chef's kitchens encased in glass cubes. Garage-style, floor-to-ceiling windows. Experts predict what could become dominant design assets across the industry. It’s nine months into the pandemic, and long gone are the days that restaurant design concerns centered around Instagrammable wallpaper and elaborate show kitchens. As the new year approaches, restaurants are exploring ways to overhaul their layouts to accommodate diners’ simultaneous demand for experience with their concern over enclosed spaces, proximity to staff and other patrons — worries experts predict mark a permanent shift in customer perspective. Read more ... Original story and image on restaurantdive.com Original story and image on qsrweb.com

How to Design a Technology Strategy for Your Restaurant

The restaurant leader's task of staying up-to-date on restaurant tech is a harrowing one, but this hour-long roundtable discussion on pizza restaurant technology management is designed to help by sharing the tech lessons learned by two Midwest pizza chain leaders. Two pizza brands with separate but equally interesting tech strategies were the central focus of "Roundtable: How to Design a Technology Strategy for Your Restaurant," a virtual discussion hosted by Pizza Marketplace and Speedline Solutions. Read more ...

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