Valley restaurant owners struggling to fill positions as COVID-19 restrictions ease
Valley restaurant owners are struggling to fill open positions as COVID restrictions ease.
and last updated 2021-03-11 00:38:22-05
PHOENIX â 2020 brought a slew of challenges to restaurants across Arizona.
The spread of COVID-19 forced many to shut their doors, furlough or lay off employees, and in some cases revamp their business model to focus on take-out or delivery services.
Now, as the service industry bounces back, some restaurateurs say they re struggling to fill positions they lost during the peak of the pandemic.
âWe lost seven employees because of that, said Chef Javier Perez, owner of The Bread and Honey House off 47th Street and Van Buren in Phoenix. We were able to bring back three employees, but we couldnât get our other employees back.