Robots go off campus: Expanding on a new robot delivery project with Starship Technologies, BGSU Dining by Chartwells has found a way to support the community during COVID-19 and Ohio’s stay-at-home order.
Any recovery from the coronavirus crisis will have to deal with a number of longer-term effects of the ordeal, including impact on how operations going forward will be conducted.
From markets offering grocery items to providing meals for families through local food banks, operators from schools, colleges, hospitals and B&I are doing good for their communities.
With only a small fraction of the student population left on campus, Dining Services has gone to all remote ordering through GrubHub, and more than 80% of orders are being delivered to dorms.
American Dining Creations (ADC) has turned its storerooms and commissaries across the country into community pop-up grocery stores with curbside pickup of meal kits and supplies for families.
New data shows nearly half C&U operators’ sales have essentially gone to zero, a quarter are doing just 10% of usual volume. For those still open, C&U dining services has ‘flipped on its head,’ with streamlining, downsizing and portability...
