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[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] Join Our Website for Made-in-Hawaii BrandsAloha Business Owner,We know local shoppers want to support small businesses and find the best made-in-Hawaii products. That's why DBEDT created Buy Hawaii, Give Aloha, a...

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]COVID Communications: Best Practices from Jenerate PR   As PR practitioners specializing in the food and beverage space, Jenerate PR is offering some advice regarding best practices for COVID-era communications....

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Is your restaurant ready for the NEW NORMAL? While the current pandemic has caused many of us to change the way we are doing business, restaurants must make sure they have the tools needed to keep customers and staff...

Russell Ryan, CFO, Highway Inn Question: Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your offices, stores, restaurants, warehouses or other physical locations. Ryan: We plan to start with counter service, meaning “seat-yourself,” before resuming to...

After a seeming eternity of uncertainty, Governor Ige and Mayor Caldwell have released guidelines and have allowed our great restaurants to re-open. The Hawaii Restaurant Association worked with the team of advisers in developing the guidelines that provide a balance...

Premier Restoration Hawai’i is grateful for the opportunity to join the Hawaii Restaurant Association. We are a full-service mitigation and restoration company with a broad scope of services dedicated to providing a one-stop solution to damage done by water, fire, and...

Do you have a warehouse full of products that you would like assistance in selling? The Hawaii Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (HRAEF) is looking for companies that would like to partner in a fundraiser.   How can your company participate? Every...

With many restaurants reopening, the Hawaii Restaurant Association’s Keep Calm and Carry Out list is expanding. HRA’s Keep Calm and Carry Out is the only list that is searchable by zip codes! The Keep Calm and Carry Out list has been updated with new categories for...

Nothing can stop creative pivoting in the restaurant industry.   Despite the current business climate overwhelming the food industry, restaurants have found creative ways to pivot around it. Restaurants started selling Family Meal Packages. They offered a few...