February 12, 2021
Scott Kammerer FILE PHOTO
The Delaware Restaurant Association and Delaware Restaurant Association Educational Foundation have inducted new members to their boards of directors.
Inductees were chosen during a selection process and sworn in during a first-quarter meeting in late January. The restaurant industry was hardest hit by the pandemic. It was important to us to add key perspectives from industry leaders around the state as we enter a transitional year and support our restaurants in every aspect of financial, community and workforce recovery,” said Carrie Leishman, president and CEO of the Delaware Restaurant Association and DRA Educational Foundation.
Both DRA and DRAEF boards of directors comprise restaurant operators from around the state, as well as industry supplier representatives. Board members are chosen to represent their industry and workforce. They are charged with upholding the mission and vision of the association and its philanth
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U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders smiling at a campaign rally on 1 March 2020. Wikimedia Commons / Σ
The photo of Senator Bernie Sanders at President Joe Biden’s inauguration caused a stir on social media, and Delaware restaurants got in on the fun.
We’ve all seen the photo.
It’s the one of Senator Bernie Sanders curled up in a chair at President Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday, Jan. 20 in Washington, D.C. He’s patiently waiting for the swearing-in ceremony to start in his winter coat, argyle mittens and face mask.
Sanders’ attire and demeanor made waves on social media as people got creative, placing the senator everywhere from the New York City subway to New Orleans’ Mardi Gras parade routes.
Heading into 2020, SoDel Concepts President Scott Kammerer said he and other restaurateurs across the state, but especially in the Cape Region, were expecting it to be a banner year.
“We were coming off one of the best years the restaurant industry had ever had,” said Kammerer, a 30-year veteran of the food service industry, of 2019. “The first couple of 2020 months began strong, too. Then COVID hit in March and everything changed.”
Nine months later, Kammerer, who is finishing the first year of a two-year term as Delaware Restaurant Association board chairman, said industry sales as a whole are down $1 billion from last year.
December 24, 2020
The Delaware Restaurant Association Educational Foundation recently funded a second round of direct cash grants to more than 100 restaurant workers struggling from income loss and unemployment due to COVID-19 shutdowns and restrictions.
The individual $365 grants were being paid out to recipients the week of Dec. 14, at a time when many are facing a loss of hours and income due to the recent bar/restaurant curfews and stay-at-home advisory issued by Gov. John Carney. Within the last 30 days, thousands of restaurant workers in Delaware have been forced to file for unemployment benefits due to the latest restaurant restrictions and stay-at-home advisory; however, unlike before when there was federal relief funding, now these workers are left without a job during the holidays, with no relief in sight. They make a living with their hands and cannot work from home, nor can they be offered workplace flexibility like those in state and local governments and c
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