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The Shutdown of the Restaurant Industry: The Widespread Impact

Restaurants are already fragile businesses, not known for lucrative revenue, but instead known for surviving on tight margins. When the industry reopens to the "new normal," what will the restaurant industry look like?

8 minute read June 01, 2020 at 12:09 AM
By
Gerald D. Davis and Amy L. Drushal
The Shutdown of the Restaurant Industry: The Widespread Impact

Many communities have been experiencing a growing restaurant scene over the last few years. In fact, recent years have been considered the "golden age" for restaurants. For now, that restaurant scene is virtually non-existent, and it looks nothing like it did six months ago because of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus.

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