Table Stakes: A Podcast for Enterprise Restaurant Brands

Episode 3: Denny's Reimagines Casual Dining in the COVID Era With Jason Breazeale

During the Covid-19 pandemic, Denny’s on Demand digital ordering channel went from about 12% of sales to 100% virtually overnight. Like other brands, the company quickly accelerated its off-premises service options, while planning and preparing for an eventual safe and comfortable re-opening of dining rooms. In this episode, we talk with Jason Breazeale, Director of Architecture and Innovation at Denny’s, about what the brand has done, strategically and tactically, to adjust, make sure guests and employees feel safe, and continue to provide exceptional guest experiences in a constantly changing environment. 

Episode 2: Creating Socially Safe Restaurant Experiences in a Post-Pandemic World

Fast Casual and Quick Serve restaurants are rapidly pivoting to emphasize off-premises and socially safe, low-touch/no-touch service. Tactics include enabling online ordering, takeout, curbside pickup, seating management, and touchless payments. Listen as technology and product leaders from Xenial discuss the current environment, what operators are doing to adjust, and perspectives on rebounding from this downturn.

Episode 1: Introducing: Table Stakes

The restaurant industry is a core staple of the world economy. It provides sustenance, joy and opportunity to so many people. We all play a part in this family of industry professionals who are constantly trying to improve the ways that we delight the everyday consumer and increasingly look to technology solutions to find ways to make it easier to do that. That’s where the Table Stakes podcast comes in.

Every episode, we offer a conversation around areas and challenges that the enterprise restaurant industry is tackling. Since we started this podcast during the incredibly difficult time of the Covid-19 pandemic, you’ll see a lot of the earlier episodes discussing challenges and opportunities that have come out of that. Most of the Table Stakes episodes will feature guests from well-known enterprise restaurant brands sharing their unique perspective and experience on the topic at hand. We invite you to join us in these discussions! Thank you for checking out our podcast. If you have comments, questions, or suggestions, you can reach us at tablestakes@xenial.com.