Wade: The Restaurant Industry Is Facing a Historic Staffing and Profit Reckoning
Aaron Wade · Erin Wade: The Mac and Cheese Empire · Sep 17, 2024 · at 56:47
Erin Wade, founder of restaurant chain Homeroom, explains why restaurant sales and operating models across the US are struggling post-pandemic.
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“This is honestly one of the hardest times that I've seen in the restaurant industry in all the years I've been in it. I think we're sort of in a moment of reckoning and change. Costs have gone up. I think people are rethinking the meaning of work and what's worth their time. And most restaurants, like I said, are not inspiring places to work. And so I think a lot of people have said, I don't need to do this with my life. So restaurants, you know, nationally are having really hard time staffing, really hard time making money.”
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