Introducing Air’s new “Brand DON’T Touch-points Solutions” Series!

This series will highlight the latest trends and tools to help public spaces cater to the ‘new normal’, and safely reopen in the new post Covid-19 world. 

The Re-opening of Restaurants in a Post Covid-19 World

With pubs and restaurants planning to reopen around the UK in the upcoming weeks, we have outlined the key solutions that must be considered to enhance safety and viral-free dining experience:

📋 📲  To replace the sharing of printed menus, BrightSign developed a contactless solution. It delivers restaurant menus to mobile phones by simply scanning a QR code.

🦠 🧹  Provide clear guidance on hygiene and social distancing before arrival and on arrival through posters, signage, floor markings, and visual aids.

😷 ⛱   Use freestanding partition screens for front of house workers and customers and as table dividers.

🚻 🚮   Air Design have developed pictograms to increase awareness of safety guidelines. These include social distancing, good and regular handwashing, avoidance of face touching and coughing into arms.

🚧 🖼   If certain areas need to be cornered off, use customer-friendly, branded graphic panels which advertise a positive message.

🍽 🥂  Use disposable paper cloths or placemats, these can be branded and will demonstrate that the dining area is freshly sanitised.

🥡 🍱   Condiments, napkins, wooden cutlery sets, plates and glasses should be wrapped up and provided by the kiosks.

Provide hand sanitiser stations in addition to the bathroom to promote regular hand washing for staff and visitors.

🤿 🧤  Staff members must wear PPE such as facemasks or visors when serving and preparing food.

💸 💳   Contactless payments or pre-ordering should be encouraged.

⭕ ✔️  Here is the official reopening checklist for food businesses produced by the Food Standards Agency. The checklist is designed to support food businesses to reopen safely during Covid-19.