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The Times, Gainesville, Georgia | gainesvilletimes.com
Sunday, December 16, 2018 3C
Photos by SCOTT ROGERS I The Times
Heather Jonovich, right, and Abraham Salvador work behind the counter Wednesday, Dec. 12, at the Gainesville Coffee Shop. The restaurant gets a lot of delivery and pickup business
using their third-party food delivery app by ChowNow.
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want in the format they want,”
Scott said.
The concept is called “Expe
rience of the Future.”
Stacey Dickson, Lake Lanier
Convention & Visitors Bureau
president, said she’s been
expecting the food delivery
trend’s arrival in Hall.
“We’ve been tapping our
toes, waiting,” she said. “It’s
been slowly moving up from
Atlanta. It was probably
inevitable. For visitors, it’s
certainly a convenience. But
(the service) is more for local
people, really, and our time-
impoverished lives.”
Other services, DoorDash
and Waitr, haven’t yet arrived.
“Follow along as we launch
in new cities,” is the online
message from DoorDash.
ChowNow is one service
that’s existed for several years
in the area, at least for Gaines
ville Coffee Shop in the Law-
Kayanne Smith carries an order to a customer’s table Wednesday, Dec. 12, at The Gainesville Coffee Shop on Broad rence Pharmacy at 631 Broad
Street. The restaurant has been using the third-party food delivery service ChowNow for about five years. St.
The restaurant, which has
been a Gainesville staple since
1958, signed on with ChowNow
five years ago. Customers can
order through the restaurant’s
mobile phone app or web
site or through ChowNow’s
website.
“We built (the delivery ser
vice) from basically nothing
to being two-thirds of our busi
ness,” owner Tony Jonovitch
said.
Until recently, he had just
a handful of competitors for
third-party delivery.
“Now, some of the big dogs
are getting (involved),” he
said.
Several companies charge
a delivery fee, ranging from
$2.99 to $4.99.
On ChowNow, delivery
charges are left to the discre
tion of restaurants, which oth
erwise pay fees to ChowNow.
“Restaurants are our cli
ents. We’re going to priori
tize them,” said Christopher
Webb. “For us, it’s about being
behind the scenes.... We want
to strengthen the relationship
between (restaurants) and
their customers.”
UNG’s economic impact
To calculate the economic and employment impact for
fiscal year 2017, the Selig Center for Economic Growth
in the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business,
on behalf of the University System of Georgia Board of
Regents, analyzed data collected between July 1,2016,
and June 30,2017.
To read the full study and report prepared by the
University System of Georgia, visit www.usg.edu
UNG
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Most of UNG’s impact is
entailed in its operating
expenses, including salaries
and benefits, as well as other
budgeted items.
The university’s approxi
mately 19,000 students spent
an estimated $248 million in
the 2017 fiscal year, helping
spur the creation of 3,721
jobs in the 17-county region
— which extends from Gwin
nett, Hall and Forsyth on the
southern end, east to Clarke
and Oconee counties, and
north to Habersham and
Lumpkin counties — accord
ing to the study.
On average, an additional
52 cents is generated for
every dollar spent by the
university.
UNG, which has campuses
in Gainesville, Cumming,
Dahlonega, Blue Ridge and
in Oconee, also had a regional
employment impact of 6,769
jobs, the study reports.
The employment impact
includes on-campus positions
and off-campus jobs that exist
because of the institution.
As a whole, the public col
leges and universities that
comprised the USG in 2017
had an impact of $16.8 billion
on the state.
The study found Georgia’s
public university system gen
erated more than 163,000
full- and part-time jobs.
“The report recognizes
what institutions like UNG,
Brenau and Lanier Tech
do to increase skills, and by
doing so, those institutions
add value for individuals,
their employers and the com
munity,” Evans said. “Hav
ing top-quality institutions
in Gainesville-Hall County
provides those opportuni
ties and skills close to home,
and it attracts talent to our
community.”
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