Hospitality & Politics with Andrew Rigie

Allison Page is the Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer of SevenRooms and she discusses how restaurants are using or should use data to best serve their customers and how that has changed as the pandemic progressed. She talks about cultivating your customer base, delivery, ghost kitchens, re-marketing your business during the pandemic, and more. 

Andrew Rigie interviews icons Jim Koch and Sam Calagione. They discuss the obstacles that brewers are facing during the pandemic, the resilience of New York bar industry, and viewing this slowdown as an opportunity to reevaluate their businesses.

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AndrewRigie interviews Carolyn D. Richmond, Chair of the Hospitality Practice at Fox Rothschild LLP. They discuss how hospitality businesses can incorporate diversity and inclusion practices, avoid discrimination in rehiring, and the pandemic's long-term impact on labor.

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Andrew Rigie interviews Jim Peters, President of the Responsible Hospitality Institute. They discuss the role of the city in facilitating safe public spaces, key differences between urban and suburban hospitality, and what nightlife could look like for the near future.

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Andrew Rigie interviews Scott Hempstead, Senior Director of Sales On Premise at The Boston Beer Company. They discuss the short-term and long-term adjustments bars will be making, changes in consumer purchasing behavior, and tips for restaurateurs for bringing back customers.

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Andrew Rigie interviews Glen & Co. Architecture founder Glen Coben. They discuss how COVID-19 will impact the future of restaurant architecture, the importance of new outdoor dining, and Glen's hopes for how landlords will handle financial obstacles with restaurant owners.

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Andrew Rigie interviews Figure Eight Logistics co-founder Scott Landers. They discuss how restaurants should approach food delivery so they can try to survive during the pandemic and in the future.

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Andrew Rigie interviews the "Business Interruption Group" (BIG), lead attorney and insurance expert John Houghtaling. They discuss the national legal challenge to insurers who are denying insurance coverage for the COVID-19 pandemic, BIG’s negotiations with the insurance industry & helpful insurance tips for your business.

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Terence Tubridy is the founder and managing partner of In Good Company Hospitality. He joins host Andrew Rigie for a conversation on growing up in the hospitality industry, scaling a hospitality company, investing in vendors, and much more.

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Jonathan Bowles is the Executive Director of the Center for an Urban Future. He joins host Andrew Rigie for a conversation on automation in the restaurant industry, the pros and cons of chains, and much more.

Kevin Takarada, the founder of MakiMaki, also joins the conversation to talk about how his sushi restaurant incorporates automation.

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