{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"FULL COMP: The Voice of the Restaurant Industry Revolution","title":"The Struggle to Reopen: Tara Lazar, founder F10 Creative","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1537,"description":"Dine in is done yet again. Parts of California are facing another stay at home order. What do you do if you own a restaurant? What do you do if you own 2 or 3 or more. Tara Lazar owns 6 spanning all sectors of hospitality. While most of us are struggling to pivot one location, Tara is masterminding how to ensure all 6 survive the year. Today we get real about the struggles she’s working to overcome and the highs and lows along this path.\nClick to sign up for our weekly newsletter.\nClick here to book time on my personal calendar.\nClick here to download our Restaurant Recovery Guide.\nWant to streamline your front-of-house operations and increase sales? Head over to http://restaurants.yelp.com/fullcomppodcast to claim your free page and learn more about these powerful tools for your business.\nSHOW NOTES\n\n Owns 6 locations\n Building was about taking opportunities when they came\n Having multiple locations is more entertaining and stimulating\n The restaurant revenue offsets the cost of management labor from the catering company\n What has it been like as a woman in the industry\n Fight a lot harder to be taken seriously\n The network of restaurateurs is a gentlemen’s club\n Woman leaders tend to be of an older generation\n Initial reaction to Covid\n This could be devastating on the catering side\n Failed with communication during Covid\n Stayed really quiet which stressed out staff\n Started having zoom calls and updates every two weeks\n Being realistic with your team\n How many will be able to come back in the fall?\n Being honest about not knowing the answers\n Failure depends on so many things out of our control\n Landlord\n Government restrictions\n Consumer behavior\n Restaurants in charge of public safety\n Food sourced responsibly\n Following safety regulation\n An outbreak in your restaurant could be devastating\n Using contact tracing forms\n Greatest fear\n How do we keep staff safe\n Using PPP loan\n Distributed to staff who needed it\n Paid staff to...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/6OAanP6N7rKCCEP4OYgZT_i74QmCwgk2rH1cSWqhfvs/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zYzkz/MGQ5M2Y5MWZmM2E0/NGM3MzFmNzQ0OGZl/NDhhYi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}