Shifting to meal kits has allowed Beckta to proceed offering paid sick days and benefits to workers after three months on the job — one thing he feels is important for the industry. As the pandemic drags on, with new variants and new restrictions sending Canadians again into lockdowns, it’s changing the greatest way eating places operate and plan for the longer term, restaurateurs and trade observers say. Like different restaurants devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic, Beckta needed to adapt.

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