The state of the restaurant industry

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Mar 17, 2020, 10:28 PM UTC

arbitrary_name wrote: post #390

spookthesunset wrote: post #361

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There is so much doomsday nonsense like your post I don’t know where to start. People have lost their god damn minds on the internet. Go outside and go on a walk. If you don’t understand why a 3 month country wide lockdown would be orders of magnitude more dangerous than this virus, you need to snap yourself out of the trance you are in. People have lost their minds around here.

Perhaps you have lost your cool a little? I am quite content to work from home, go hiking on the weekends and meet up with friends in open spaces as allowed by the lock down rules. I can arguably go skating, surfing, walking and much more. Its not ideal, but if it's required, I'll do it. We are not going to fall apart. Except for twitchy individuals like you, it seems...

Post by radmarshallb » Tue, Mar 17, 2020, 10:30 PM UTC

AnimalMuppet wrote: post #178

TylerE wrote: post #2

Getting ready to nose dive totally. Here in NC we just joined the list of states that have banned dine-in service entirely. Curbside or delivery only, after 5PM today.

In Utah it was 11 PM yesterday. Or at least in Salt Lake City.

Post by milesskorpen » Tue, Mar 17, 2020, 10:32 PM UTC

wozniacki wrote: post #339

milesskorpen wrote: post #190

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Probably because the buildings aren't going anywhere. Landlords will lose money, but they're less likely to lay off tons of people. Restaurants employ ~10% of working Americans. A lot of people are going to lose jobs.

Restaurants employ ~10% of working Americans. A lot of people are going to lose jobs. No one disputes that. Although that 10% figure needs corroboration. As other comments have pointed out restaurants have switched to take-out and delivery and will need ample workers for those operations. But meanwhile what happens to the other 90% Americans who are working who face uncertain futures - some even in underrepresented s…

Post by teknopaul » Tue, Mar 17, 2020, 10:42 PM UTC

bluedino wrote: post #13

dlandis wrote: post #5

Does that data indicate that seated reservations are only presently down 56% YOY in the US ? That's pretty discouraging if that many people are still ignoring standard guidance.

In my state it's over 70% All the drive-throughs only had 1-2 cars in them today at lunch, instead of the line being wrapped around the building like usual.

Post by mft_ » Tue, Mar 17, 2020, 10:43 PM UTC

linuxftw wrote: post #248

evo_9 wrote: post #236

My wife an I opened a nail and wax salon 6 months ago. Really don't know what to do, so far they haven't asked us to shutdown. Business had been steadily growing and we are about break-even. No idea how this will play-out, what if anything the building owner can do to help out, or how the federal help might work for a small business like ours. The rent and payroll are our biggest expenses naturally, we can of course…

> Really don't know what to do People are trapped at home, itching to get out. You run aggressive promotions right now to drive up your customer base since everyone is sitting at home bored with nothing to do.