The Best Things That Happened To Restaurants In The Worst Of COVID Times
Created with Sketch. The restaurant industry suffered mightily in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Restaurant workers faced risks by simply showing up to work. In purely economic terms, 100,000 restaurants temporarily or permanently closed in the United States, and sales were down $240 billion from what was expected, according to the National Restaurant Association. Some 400,000 restaurant jobs were lost in December 2020 alone. That’s the bad news. Let’s talk about some good news. Restaurants across the country have been instrumental in getting food to those who need it most, from...