FILE PHOTO: Jesse Turner, a line cook of three years at Farley’s East cafe, that closed due to the financial crisis caused by the coronavirus disease , carries donated food items after being laid off from the cafe in Oakland, California, U.S. March 18, 2020. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Even then dine-in seating is likely to be curtailed to limit the virus’ spread, and grave doubts remain over how quickly consumer spending decimated by an unprecedented surge in unemployment could pick back up. The Hillyard’s restaurant is one of millions of small businesses in the United States facing an uncertain future after the new coronavirus shut down shops, restaurants, schools and travel in the world’s biggest consumer economy. Over the next 12 months, Reuters will chronicle the journey of several small businesses owners around the U.S.
The money was exhausted within two weeks. Congress added an additional $310 billion to the program in late April, of which about $191 billion has been allocated so far. All told, they pulled in about $15,000 for their efforts, compared with their typical pre-crisis monthly sales of $200,000.
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It's inevitable nearby office workers will stay home for a while.
As long as the office workers are getting paid....they are DYING to order, beleive me.
You can see the fear in her eyes
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Without the return of customers or a good home delivery/take out system, they go under.
Re-purpose sidewalks like much of Europe does for the mean time. Won't help all restaurants but it sure would help a lot of them.
Going forward you are going to hear the phrase 'due to covid-19' when referring to economic suffering. Do not fall for it... the suffering was caused by either (a) lazy politicians unwilling to come up with smart solutions or (b) leftist politicians hell bent on destroying Trump