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Canlis Restaurant Adapts to COVID-19 Crisis with Drive-Through and Delivery Services
TLDR Canlis restaurant, a family-owned fine dining establishment, has adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic by offering drive-through, breakfast, and home delivery services. By implementing a drive-through concept and transforming their reservation system into a delivery system, Canlis has been able to keep their staff employed and potentially break even during these challenging times.
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Acquired is pausing their normal episodes and launching a new series called Adapting, which will focus on stories of great leaders and how they are responding to the current global crisis.
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Kanlis restaurant in Seattle is adapting to the current health crisis by providing delivery food and saving jobs.
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Canlis restaurant is a family-owned establishment with a rich history spanning four generations, including military service, and it originated in Stockton, California before moving to Hawaii after Pearl Harbor.
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Canlis restaurant, a fine dining establishment, typically serves 150 to 200 guests with 115 employees during a six-day dinner service, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they have had to adapt by offering drive-through, breakfast, and home delivery services.
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Canlis restaurant realized that they needed to adapt to the changing circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic and decided to make the drastic move of offering drive-through and other services, which inspired other places to do the same.
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Canlis restaurant decided to implement drive-through service as their main revenue generator during the pandemic, due to its convenience and safety measures.
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Canlis restaurant has implemented a drive-through concept with burgers, bagels, and family meals to keep their staff employed and potentially break even during the pandemic.
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Canlis restaurant was able to adapt to the pandemic by working with the reservation system TAC to transform it into a delivery system, allowing any restaurant in the country to do delivery with the right software and a little bit of scrappiness.
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Canlis restaurant believes in constantly improving and pushing the boundaries of what they can do, even if it means throwing unconventional staff parties in a parking lot with a swimming pool bought on Amazon.
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The speaker hopes that their story will inspire listeners to make a difference, think optimistically, and remember that we are all alike as people.
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