We're continuing with our series of mini episodes helping restaurants through the coronavirus pandemic. With input from operators, vendors, consultants, data analysts, and more, these mini episodes will facilitate incredibly important conversation on how we can collectively survive the coronavirus scare.
Next up: Michael McHenry is the founder of The McHenry Group, a Salt Lake City–based restaurant company with both full-service and fast-casual concepts in its portfolio. In this conversation with FSR editor Nicole Duncan, McHenry shares how his brands have been able to pivot to survive and how social media has given the company an opportunity to maintain a personal connection with its guests.

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We're continuing with our series of mini episodes helping restaurants through the coronavirus pandemic. With input from operators, vendors, consultants, data analysts, and more, these mini episodes will facilitate incredibly important conversation on how we can collectively survive the coronavirus scare.
Next up: André Vener is cofounder of Dog Haus, a hot dog, sausage, and burger fast casual based in Pasadena, California. The franchise just rolled out The Absolute Brands, a portfolio of eight virtual concepts that will operate out of Dog Haus kitchens. While the virtual brands were supposed to go live next year, Dog Haus expedited the launch of a few of them in order to boost sales in the midst of coronavirus. Vener explains how it all works.

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We're continuing with our series of mini episodes helping restaurants through the coronavirus pandemic. With input from operators, vendors, consultants, data analysts, and more, these mini episodes will facilitate incredibly important conversation on how we can collectively survive the coronavirus scare.
Next up: Leslie Silverglide is CEO of MIXT, a salad and healthy-eating fast casual based in San Francisco. She talks about how the brand is going above and beyond to feed those in need—both community members who are struggling to make ends meet and healthcare workers at the frontline of fighting the coronavirus.

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Next up: Alonso Castaneda is VP of brand development and strategy at Four Foods Group, a Utah-based company that incubates emerging restaurant concepts and equips them with the resources they need for growth. Castaneda offers some ideas on what smaller brands can do to survive this time of crisis.

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We're continuing with our series of mini episodes helping restaurants through the coronavirus pandemic. With input from operators, vendors, consultants, data analysts, and more, these mini episodes will facilitate incredibly important conversation on how we can collectively survive the coronavirus scare.
Next up: John Kolaski is founder and CEO of K2 Restaurants, a hospitality company that incubates and operates several restaurant concepts. K2 runs the SocialEats food hall in Santa Monica, California, and Kolaski joins us to share how they've adapted SocialEats to accommodate the challenges posed by coronavirus—particularly for a business model that is essentially the opposite of social distancing.

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We're continuing with our series of mini episodes helping restaurants through the coronavirus pandemic. With input from operators, vendors, consultants, data analysts, and more, these mini episodes will facilitate incredibly important conversation on how we can collectively survive the coronavirus scare.
Next up: Christine Specht is CEO of Cousins Subs, a 100-plus-unit sandwich chain that her father, Bill Specht, founded nearly 50 years ago. Christine offers tips on communicating through the coronavirus crisis—communicating not only with loyal customers, but also with your franchisees and store operators.

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We're continuing with our series of mini episodes helping restaurants through the coronavirus pandemic. With input from operators, vendors, consultants, data analysts, and more, these mini episodes will facilitate incredibly important conversation on how we can collectively survive the coronavirus scare.
Next up: Sarah Grover is the interim CMO of plant-based fast casual Veggie Grill. More importantly, she's the architect behind "The Great American Takeout" initiative, which is rallying people to order carryout or delivery from their favorite restaurants on March 24. She shares how the initiative came to be over the course of only a few days, how she and her agency team built it into such a rallying cry for the restaurant industry, and what she hopes it ultimately accomplishes over the long run.

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We're continuing with our series of mini episodes helping restaurants through the coronavirus pandemic. With input from operators, vendors, consultants, data analysts, and more, these mini episodes will facilitate incredibly important conversation on how we can collectively survive the coronavirus scare.
Next up: Anthony Pigliacampo is cofounder and co-CEO of Modern Market, a fine-fast eatery based in Denver. He's been at the forefront of the charge to #SaveRestaurants, and has many practical tips for restaurant operators trying to stay positive and survive the challenging season posed by coronavirus. 

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We're continuing with our series of mini episodes helping restaurants through the coronavirus pandemic. With input from operators, vendors, consultants, data analysts, and more, these mini episodes will facilitate incredibly important conversation on how we can collectively survive the coronavirus scare.
Next up: Zach Goldstein is CEO and founder of Thanx, a CRM and digital engagement platform used by many restaurant companies. He offers insights into the data from the restaurant industry's last two weeks, plus provides some advice on what operators can do today to prepare for the inevitable business comeback in a post-COVID-19 world.

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We're continuing with our series of mini episodes helping restaurants through the coronavirus pandemic. With input from operators, vendors, consultants, data analysts, and more, these mini episodes will facilitate incredibly important conversation on how we can collectively survive the coronavirus scare.
Next up: There's a lot of fear and uncertainty for operators about their supply chain, and whether or not the coronavirus outbreak will significantly disrupt their purchasing and distribution. Mitch Plesha, senior director of distribution at Raising Cane's, along with Jeff Dorr and Bill Michalski of ArrowStream—a supply chain technology company—discuss how the last two weeks have affected the supply chain, what operators should do today to protect their own supply, and what misperceptions might exist about supply in the wake of the pandemic.

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