ronnie_suburban wrote:Interesting piece. It's hard to predict what the post-covid foodservice world will look like but it's pretty clear that, at least for now, service is much more in demand than hospitality. Could that change? My guess is yes but stay tuned.
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Personally, I think there's a huge pent-up demand for hospitality. Last year, when outdoor dining opened for the first time and it looked like we'd turned the corner on spread, we really enjoyed being waited on dining
al fresco (and tipped well for it). There were a couple of chilly evenings where the comfort of dining out outweighed the chill in the air. We're definitely jonesing for it right now: carryout just doesn't have the luxury feel. The posts above about chains/corporations is spot on: with efficient service being the emphasis today, it's going to be the walmartification of dining. The futures where everything is Taco Bell (Demolition Man) or Carl's Jr. (Idiocracy) is all too real a possibility, with Outback and Fred Globster following close behind.
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