New Scouting section - constant change is the new normal

"Losing 80% of the occupancy in two days and going from over 2,500 lunches a day to 500 is a huge change that is hard to imagine." Survival requires a healthy and strong company culture with the right key people who are passionate about good gastronomy and succeeding in their business. In this episode of Pejling, chef, restaurateur and entrepreneur Peter J Skogström describes how the industry has been and is being affected by the pandemic.

Peter is one of Sweden's most renowned chefs. Among other things, he has won Olympic gold and World Cup gold together with the Swedish National Culinary Team, as well as Chef of the Year and most recently Kockarnas Kamp. Peter runs the company Smarta Kök together with Patrik Alemo, which includes seven businesses such as restaurants like Mat och Vin i Slottsparken, Niagara and P2. For some time now, Peter has also been responsible for all food and drink at Eleda Stadium.

• How does it affect the culture and what decisions need to be made when going from 52 to 18 employees in a short time?
• How do you scale up again when many former employees have found new paths?
• How are restaurants affected by the fact that many large companies choose to allow employees to work from home until January?
• What's the difference between cooking with 2 kg of ingredients for 20 guests or 2 tons of food for almost 3000?
• How to change the behavior in a restaurant to always start with the vegetables and add the protein last?

We get answers to all this and more. The video is about 25 minutes long and ends with Peter sending a topical question to the next interviewee.

About the Scouting interview series

Follow us on Navigator in our interview series "Scouting". The YouTube episodes are about 20 minutes long and contain topical discussions with the region's leading decision-makers who share their thoughts on the present, present and future. We talk about how changing conditions in the outside world affect different industries, companies and employees.

Don't miss the next interview

The ambition is one interview per month. So look out for the next video soon. With Pejling, we at Navigator want to spread knowledge and provide an insight into how senior decision-makers deal with changes in the outside world and in their own organization. Read more about Pejling here.