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Naked Farmer Restaurant To Serve Local Foods In Downtown St. Pete
ST. PETERSBURG, FL —Naked Farmer Restaurant opens May 28 in downtown St. Petersburg at 200 Central Ave., according to a news release. The restaurant was created to serve meals created with local vegetables and local ingredients.
“Florida has rich farmland, with amazing produce grown in our backyards,” said Jordan Johnson, founder of Naked Farmer. “We set out to create a system of local sourcing that connects communities with their local farmers rather than the long-haul supply chain. We are proud to invite customers on our journey to becoming 100 percent local.”
Tampa Bay’s Naked Farmer adjusted to the coronavirus and changed its DNA forever
The novel coronavirus created a lot of changes within the Tampa Bay restaurant community , but it caused one to switch up its entire look.
Naked Farmer founder-owner Jordan Johnson’s initial idea was to open a brick-and-mortar. Those plans came to a halt when recently he pivoted to a digital farmer’s market to combat the effects of the pandemic . He says healthy, fresh foods should be accessible at affordable prices, no matter the circumstances.
Like Local Farms? You Better Step Up Now or They’re Going to Disappear
Certain food sources, like e-commerce grocery sites and meal kit companies, are seeing a boost in sales in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, many parts of the world are shuttering farmers markets and restaurants, eliminating key revenue sources for local farmers. So how can those farmers survive in our new coronavirus reality?
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Florida restaurant transforms into digital farmer's market
Naked Farmer, a fast casual restaurant that had planned to open next month in Tampa Bay, is delaying its restaurant opening date and is launching a digital farmer’s market on its website and UberEats with local pickup and free delivery, Jordan Johnson, founder of Naked Farmer, said in a company press release.
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The 4 Components of a Successful Delivery Program
As restaurants transition to business models that are more than 50 percent online and off-site, it is critical to evaluate the full cycle of food delivery.
All delivery business models come down to four components: marketplace, kitchen, logistics, and feedback. To increase the operational efficiency and maximize delivery profitability, it is important to reflect on and integrate each of the components into one system.
Ghost kitchen consultancy supports development of virtual brands
It describes its mission as a “catalyst for helping restaurants and real estate owners remain competitive and develop sustainable food delivery business models.”
Zuul Studios will work with restaurants to streamline their off-site technology stack, build virtual brands, and minimize operating costs – for example, by helping a lunchtime sandwich shop launch a new dinner-focused concept.
Meet the Underground Power Brokers of NYC Dining: Restaurant Consultants
When luxury gym chain Equinox’s first-ever hotel — marketed as one of the top attractions at $25 billion development Hudson Yards and billed as “the place where compromise doesn’t exist” — opened earlier this year, the matter of who would run the corresponding restaurant was the (many, many) million-dollar question. Whichever restaurant group controlled the space would not only get access to the guests spending up to $8,000 per night to stay at the hotel; employees from companies like Amazon, HBO, Coach, and Facebook; and the projected 125,000 daily visitors to Hudson Yards by 2025 — it would potentially be a partner in future Equinox hotels, too.