The new chief financial officer at Lehigh Valley Restaurant Group didn’t start out looking to be in charge of a company’s finances. Nikki Bloom entered the business world with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology. 

Lehigh Valley Restaurant Group, the Allentown-based Red Robin franchisee covering the Lehigh Valley and Harrisburg regions, has named Nikki Bloom as its new chief financial officer. 

There seems to be a light at the end of the tunnel with the COVID-19 pandemic as vaccine rates begin to pick up in Pennsylvania. Still, many are frustrated with the slow pace up until this point – especially in getting vaccines to those working with the public who aren’t health care workers or teachers in group 1a of the state’s vaccine roll out.

The restaurants’ current revenue won’t cover the cost of keeping all the employees working during that time on takeout and delivery orders alone, but the company will dip into its savings to make it happen.

If you’ve seen a Red Robin food truck selling burgers, fries and wings at a local winery or microbrewery, you’ve seen a one-of-a-kind truck.

The Lehigh Valley Restaurant Group, franchise operator of Red Robin locations throughout the state, donated 10% of sales revenue from the reopening of 21 Red Robin locations to the Hospitality Assistance Response of Pennsylvania (HARP), a grant program providing relief to employees of the state’s restaurant industry.