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Maybe in your neck of the woods but not elsewhere. Small business owners are dying all over the country in blue states.I have yet to hear a story about anyone getting turned away from a restaurant because it had reached capacity. Fair or unfair, I don’t think the local government rules are their core problem. As was pointed out, some are adapting nicely and doing quite well. It is just a different environment.
There is no dining in here so everyone is turned away. So now you've heard it I guess.I have yet to hear a story about anyone getting turned away from a restaurant because it had reached capacity. Fair or unfair, I don’t think the local government rules are their core problem. As was pointed out, some are adapting nicely and doing quite well. It is just a different environment.
Bingo! And it is not necessary for this to happen.Over 100,000 restaurants have closed in the last six months. I talk to some people and they say “so and so restaurant is killing it on carrryout, they are fine”.
This business operates on raiser thin margins for most. They are not fine and if you are one of the one spreading this message you are simply wrong.
There is going to be huge industry carnage before this is over and these are people (owners and employees) who are suffering because of nothing they did wrong.
I think Cornell2012 made a good point. Consumer behavior has changed.
Even in places where restaurants are allowed to run at full capacity, they may be struggling because less folks are willing to go out and sit in a restaurant. Even offering deliveries and to go orders, the difference is not made up.
I have a friend who owns and runs a restaurant in a small town in Montana and the only real change handed down to his business from the state has been the mask mandate, but business is still way down.
^^^ This 100%Add to that many folks won't go into an establishment that doesn't appear to be concerned for their safety either and the unemployment issue which means a lot less disposable income to be had all around.
It's rough out there, we've been trying to support local eateries and that means ordering out 2-3 times a week, but it's getting old - burgers & pizza. We try to shop local as well and only run into town for the big stuff the local market doesn't carry.
Meanwhile, Tom Brady is taking almost $1 million in gov't loans while buying a yacht.
You know, what seems most unfair is that the taxpayers who run businesses like restaurants pay the tax dollars to support government employees at all levels. AFAIK, none of those folks have missed paychecks. I thought we were all in this together?
The trend away from eating out is not new, though Covid has exacerbated it.
Do you buy extra take out now because you value having that restaurant or because you simply want to subsidize a company that employs people in your community?
It might sound harsh but I'm sticking with for former. I don't see a need to prop up business's that I didn't support before Covid. And in terms restaurants that's only a couple.
definitely