Pandemic effect: Retail and hospitality
A beachside dining destination on the south shore of Nova Scotia since 1938, The Quarterdeck Restaurant came under new ownership in 2015 with plans for a ground-up rebuild? and expansion. Its new brand identity, architectural design, and graphics were completed by Breakhouse. Photo courtesy Breakhouse
TEXTÂ Vincent Van Den Brink, Architect Partner, Breakhouse
In the retail and hospitality sectors, the COVID-19 pandemic is not fundamentally changing things?rather, it is expediting existing trends, albeit at a nerve-wracking speed. Many of the shifts we are now seeing have been in motion for decades. Before the pandemic, retailers were already exploring e-commerce; similarly, many restaurateurs had been seeking higher-profit-margin alternatives to traditional dining rooms. Since the pandemic shutdowns began in March, Breakhouse has been very active with its hospitality clients. I?ve often been on the phone until late in the evening, offering advice and direction. From our company?s standpoint, a crisis creates dependency on experts?and if you are positioned and experienced to offer leadership to clients, business is good. Â
We are working with several entrepreneurs who are taking advantage of this time to reposition their restaurants. They?re capitalizing on low overhead and access to affordable loans to change their full-service restaurants into a quick-service model.Â
Over the past years, these restaurants have struggled to maintain profitability with increases in a...
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