Industry experts say all restaurant owners should do these 7 things to stay afloat and boost sales during the coronavirus pandemic

• Business Insider hosted a SPOTLIGHT digital live event with restaurant industry leaders last week, moderated by retail correspondent Kate Taylor.
• The event featured Checkers CEO Frances Allen, Raising Cane's founder and CEO Todd Graves, and chain restaurant analyst John Gordon.
• The speakers identified seven vital strategies that restaurants have been leveraging to successfully generate income during the pandemic and prepare their businesses for long-term success.
• Some of the most important pieces of advice that the speakers had for owners were: consider offering family meals, pivot to delivery and curbside pickup, and focus on visible signs of sanitation.
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On April 16, Business Insider hosted a SPOTLIGHT live event bringing together restaurant industry leaders to share their insights on the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on business.

Retail correspondent Kate Taylor moderated a conversation between Frances Allen, the CEO of Checkers and Rally's, Todd Graves, the founder and CEO of Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers, and John Gordon, a chain restaurant analyst about how the restaurant industry has navigated the pandemic, and how restaurant owners can prepare for the future.

The restaurant industry has been one of the hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, and not even big chains have escaped unscathed. But the speakers highlighted some effective tactics restaurants have used to stay afloat.

These were some of the most important pieces of advice Allen, Graves, and Gordon had for restaurant owners right now.