Our Story

Glu Hospitality has a track record of resilience and innovation to bring unique experiences to guests. Glu Hospitality was established in 2020 has become a premier hospitality group in the Philadelphia area with millions in revenue. The group partners have decades of hospitality and restaurant experience which as helped us expand into an extensive organization with 7 venues sharing multiple unique experiences. (continued below)

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Glu Hospitality has built a leadership and infrastructure to continue evolving and growing. We continue to look for promising strategic opportunities to provide value to our existing 20,000 customers while expanding the business. We pride ourselves on leveraging technology which has helped us persevere. Glu Society has a great track record of innovation which has lead us to our goal to redefine a decentralized future for hospitality and experiences.

As many other restaurants during Covid19 (statistics below on the impact), we were devastated to the brink of closure. There are aspects of our business which will never be the same and still recovering but we were fortunate to pivot and innovate with outdoor dining pods, ghost kitchen brands, and other strategic decisions. We even imported PPE and sanitizer as a source of revenue and avenue to help those in need of such supplies within in the industry. We have persevered and now have no less than 5 new locations planned from existing and new concepts.

National Restaurant Association Statistics:

  • $799 billion: Restaurant industry sales in 2021, down $65 billion from 2019's pre-pandemic levels

  • 14.5 million: Restaurant industry employees at the end of 2021, down 1 million from pre-pandemic levels

  • 90,000: Restaurant locations that are temporarily or permanently closed

  • 9 in 10 restaurants have fewer than 50 employees

  • 7 in 10 restaurants are single-unit operations