Episode 31: 2020 State of the Restaurant Industry & Looking Ahead to 2021 with Amber van Moessner, Senior Director of Communications at Upserve by Lightspeed

Episode 31: 2020 State of the Restaurant Industry & Looking Ahead to 2021 with Amber van Moessner, Senior Director of Communications at Upserve by Lightspeed

Author: Tripleseat December 18, 2020 Duration: 37:58

On the final episode of 2020, Kate and Rachel are joined by Amber van Moessner, Senior Director of Communications at Upserve by Lightspeed. Upserve recently released its incredible annual report called the "2020 State of the Restaurant Industry" which analyzes menu trends, sales trends, restaurant growth and success stories during the pandemic, and 2021 trends. Amber discusses the report on this episode, which provides important insight for restaurants to understand as they continue to plan their pandemic strategies into the new year. 

The entire report can be downloaded at https://upserve.com/restaurant-insider/state-of-the-restaurant-industry/.



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