Digital menus, complete sanitization systems, financial support for the purchase of ingredients, bottles of wine on consignment. Here are some of the proposals to support restaurateurs
There is no doubt that that of Restaurants was one of the sectors most affected byCoronavirus emergency. Not only that: restaurants will be the activities that will have to respect the strictest restrictions for reopening often in contrast with the very concept of service and conviviality at the table. In recent months many chefs have wondered how to start again and new ideas have been born to support restaurateurs like i bonds, or a tool to pay in advance for a meal that will be consumed later. Then there are startups that are rushing to the aid of restaurant owners and apps to facilitate the work of the premises by limiting contacts with customers. Let's see some of them.
360 ° support
Lombardia Re.Start is the restart plan designed by Soul-K, which provides for an investment of up to one million euros dedicated to hotels, restaurants, bars, bistros and all those who work in this sector and who are located in the territories where Covid-19 has hit hardest. Financial, but also strategic and training support, not to leave the restaurateurs alone, but to prepare them in view of the restart. Soul-K provides an incentive plan for the purchase of the entire range of semi-processed ingredients that cover almost all the needs of a restaurant, from vegetables to fish. On the strategic front, the platform makes its know-how available to all restaurateurs, guiding them in the construction of a summer menu that is in line with the reduction of fixed costs, precise control of the same and efficient management of the warehouse to minimize the waste. Finally, the Lombardia Re.Start project will offer participating restaurateurs a training course to comply with all anti-contagion regulations and guarantee the safety of their employees and customers. To benefit from the project it is necessary to fill out an application form on this Lombardia Re.Start page to be contacted within 48 hours by a Soul-K consultant.
Wine cellar on consignment
The Winesider, a technological platform born with the aim of simplifying the process of purchasing wine by the restaurateur and, at the same time, of improving the final consumer shopping experience, becomes even more strategic at this particular moment. The system is based on the sales account whereby the restaurateur pays only the bottles of wine he sells. In this way, capital is freed which can perhaps be reinvested in promoting the restaurant, resources are not immobilized and, at the same time, the problem of the unsold is avoided. In addition, other services such as specialized consultancy for the organization of the cellar with the related training of the dining room team, an automatically updated wine list, the digitalization of operations such as inventories, orders and payments, a control dashboard to verify the data sales and consequently direct their business and a series of interactive contents to improve the customer experience.
Digital menus and more
Kill Bill it is an "anti-contagion" app created by two young people from Viterbo that allows customers to read the restaurant menu through their smartphone, thanks to a QR Code placed at the tables. Always through your phone you can order and then receive a notification when the dishes are ready to go to collect them in self-service mode: in this way you avoid paper menus or tablets on the tables (and their sanitization) and close contact with the restaurant staff.
Also MyContactless Menu proposes to digitize the restaurant menu and to have it consulted by customers always by scanning the QR Code. There is also the possibility of translating the menu into 60 languages and sharing it on social networks. And the bill is also received and paid via smartphone.
Menu available through QR Code is also the proposal of Dishcovery which allows you to take advantage of the interactive menu to receive orders directly on the restaurant's Whatsapp and conveniently manage delivery and take away.
The start up Sooneat has implemented some functions to respond to the Covid-19 emergency. From their smartphone, each customer can avoid the queue at the entrance, sit at the reserved table, consult the multilingual menu and photos of the dish, order, pay and make requests throughout the stay with an internal chat between customers and staff. In addition, customers can reserve their seats from home or from the office, pre-order the dish and indicate the exact time of consumption.
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Sprayforlife is a complete sanitizing system consisting of three devices: a single totem to be positioned at the entrance of the room brings together an infrared thermoscanner for body temperature control, a no-touch hand sanitizer gel dispenser with photocell and a nebulizer with no-touch sanitizing spray with photocell to sanitize footwear.
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