Restaurants Care is once again partnering up with SoCalGas, PG&E, SDG&E, and Wells Fargo to offer relief grants and services to restaurants in our local communities. These generous funders have made it possible to assist small businesses with their financial situation. The Resilience Fund provides cash grants of $3,000 and one year of small business Read the full article…
The House on Thursday approved more than $40 billion in COVID-19 assistance for restaurant owners who applied but were unable to receive assistance from the federal Restaurant Revitalization Fund. The Restaurant Revitalization Fund depleted quickly as the number of applicants surpassed the number of available funds. Just after three weeks of launch, the fund aided Read the full article…
Congress passed a $28 billion recovery fund, estimated to be enough to fund roughly 100,000 grants for the restaurant industry. However, in just the first few days of launching it, the SBA received about 186,000 applications. In fact, the latest reporting indicates that the number has grown to 266,000 applications, requesting a total amount of Read the full article…
KROST is hosting an emergency webinar, How to Apply for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, on Friday, April 30, at 10 am. Tuesday, April 27, 2021. The US Small Business Administration (SBA) announced today that applications for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) would open, via their portal, at 9 am Pacific (12 pm Eastern) on Monday, Read the full article…
In 2020, the Restaurant Industry was projected to do $899 billion in sales. That expectation has since been adjusted down to $659 billion in sales, a $240 billion hit to the industry as a result of the pandemic. Every operator has felt the effects of the pandemic, and the most motivated, wasted no time pivoting Read the full article…
With 2020 in the history books, many restauranteurs are looking at similar uncertainties in 2021 that the industry has been hurdling for the last nine months. Information is flying at us at near lightspeed, and it is easy to lose sight of the opportunities that lie within the voluminous pages of new legislation. However, one Read the full article…
In May, our Business Management Principal, Jean Hagan joined Restaurants Care in their 86 My Hair campaign to raise money for restaurant workers impacted by the pandemic. Jean pledged to shave her head if we reached a goal of $25,000 in donations. We have raised $15,465 so far and hope to reach our goal soon. Read the full article…
The restaurant industry has never experienced what we are going through right now. I spend all my time consulting with responsible operators to figure out how to continue operations, keep staff and guests safe, and maintain cash flow. Hundreds of meetings have the same theme: we will fight and do whatever is necessary to keep Read the full article…
Restaurants have been integral to the KROST business since 1939, and during this unprecedented time, the restaurant industry has been severely impacted by the COVID-19 restaurant closures. Although restaurants are beginning to phase out their re-openings, it is likely that the industry would not return to their full capacity until the next year. These COVID-19 Read the full article…
Jean Hagan, Principal and leader of KROST’s restaurant practice, was featured on the SoCal Restaurant radio show hosted by Andy Harris on May 9th, 2020. 48,000 listeners and hundreds of live streamers tuned in as Jean discussed the future of dining out and provided sound advice on how restaurants should gradually prepare for the return Read the full article…
