Coping During A Pandemic

CEO of various F&B and nightlife establishments (including Lulu’s Lounge and Employee’s Only), Sarissa Rodriguez-Schwartz shares a quick at-home recipe, and how she de-stresses at home

- Kimberly Ong

With the coronavirus outbreak and the circuit breaker implementation, which sees itself taking on new measures daily, this can be an especially trying period for local F&B owners. The brunt of the new measures has directly affected Sarissa Rodriguez-Schwartz’s businesses. As the CEO and co-founder of SJS Group, the female entrepreneur holds various local establishments familiar to most of us here in Singapore, which includes leading restaurant and nightlife companies, including Bang Bang Nightclub, Lulu’s Lounge, Employees Only Singapore, Pasta Bar, and Papi’s Tacos.

And yet, the New York native, who arrived in Singapore in 2011 to open Pangaea Ultra-Lounge in Marina Bay Sands, remains optimistic and adaptable during these times of uncertainty.

What does a day in a life look like for you now that we are under the Circuit Breaker?

Just as busy, if not more so than normal! In these ever-changing times, the majority of the day is spent reacting to consumers, thinking up creative offerings, implementation, execution, marketing, logistics, and of course, planning our finances for now and the future.