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re: 60 percent of restaurants have gone out of business
Posted on 7/27/20 at 6:36 am to tigergirl10
Posted on 7/27/20 at 6:36 am to tigergirl10
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What are they supposed to do since restaurants are 50% capacity? What restaurant has full staff right now? Not the employee’s fault.
So...not employed = free to burn shite down? That's the choice?
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Posted on 7/27/20 at 6:58 am to Bulldogblitz
Government funds will run out very soon and restaurants will be strapped to their bills. We haven’t gotten there yet but it’s coming. I had a major restaursnt investor in the Nashville area tell me in May he is predicting 50% would close. I believe him now.
I am the chef at a pretty big restaurant and at half capacity we still seat 150 with 70 of those being patio. We are having an extremely hard time getting people in the restaurant. I went from 15 full time kitchen staff to 4 including three salary positions. We have lost 65% of our average revenue. We aren’t the only restaurant seeing the same numbers. It’s pretty across the board if you’re a from scratch more chef driven restaurant that has a higher price point.
I am the chef at a pretty big restaurant and at half capacity we still seat 150 with 70 of those being patio. We are having an extremely hard time getting people in the restaurant. I went from 15 full time kitchen staff to 4 including three salary positions. We have lost 65% of our average revenue. We aren’t the only restaurant seeing the same numbers. It’s pretty across the board if you’re a from scratch more chef driven restaurant that has a higher price point.
Posted on 7/27/20 at 7:11 am to Bulldogblitz
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A strong number of those seem to have little on their plate other than collecting their unemployment bonus checks that they are busy vandalizing and committing arson.
Yeah thats just wrong. Get out of your uninformed bubble for a change buddy.
Posted on 7/27/20 at 7:14 am to uppermidwestbama
Shut the frick up....now this is fake news
Posted on 7/27/20 at 7:22 am to uppermidwestbama
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since covid started. that industry has a high fail rate so it's not surprising. No major impact on our country because of this.
Because a high fail rate means they all fail at once, right?
Posted on 7/27/20 at 7:28 am to tigergirl10
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What are they supposed to do since restaurants are 50% capacity? What restaurant has full staff right now? Not the employee’s fault.
Go work at Costco or Wal Mart who are actively looking for employees. The new Mickey D's on Airline is BR is paying $15/hour when it opens.
Posted on 7/27/20 at 7:30 am to uppermidwestbama
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No major impact on our country because of this.
Other than one of the largest transfers of wealth from the middle class to large corporations in history, you’re right.
Posted on 7/27/20 at 7:37 am to DeltaHog
quote:this is why New Orleans is a failed city.
I’ve been cooking professionally since I was 17 years old. My career is hospitality.
Posted on 7/27/20 at 7:44 am to uppermidwestbama
The Industry will have to change to survive.
Demand seems to be in cooking affordable, healthy foods, some cases unhealthy foods such as fast food, or quick meals for people to easily heat up.
I do not know much but there seems to be a demand in this type of service.
Less overhead as far as waiting staff.
Marketing to reach your customer base and rent for a place with a drive thru window would be higher in a high demand intersection.
Demand seems to be in cooking affordable, healthy foods, some cases unhealthy foods such as fast food, or quick meals for people to easily heat up.
I do not know much but there seems to be a demand in this type of service.
Less overhead as far as waiting staff.
Marketing to reach your customer base and rent for a place with a drive thru window would be higher in a high demand intersection.
Posted on 7/27/20 at 7:52 am to uppermidwestbama
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60 percent of restaurants have gone out of business
This is not correct.
"60% of restaurant closures since March 1 have been permanent, according to a report Yelp released on Wednesday. Of the roughly 26,000 total restaurants that have closed in the last five months, 16,000 have been permanent, according to the report."
60% of closures being permanent is not the same as 60% have gone out of business.
Posted on 7/27/20 at 8:25 am to cyarrr
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60% of closures being permanent is not the same as 60% have gone out of business.
It's not? Then what is it?
Posted on 7/27/20 at 8:36 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
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It's not? Then what is it?
60 percent of all restaurants have not closed.
Of the restaurants that have closed, 60 percent will not reopen.
Posted on 7/27/20 at 8:52 am to deltaland
quote:you are, unfortunately, probably incorrect
Amazingly none have closed around here
many that are closed/closing are the small mom and pos that many don't really know about
for example, the little cafe in an office building that now has a lot more teleworkers
those restaurants typically have 2 to 10 employees, including the owners
add up a couple of dozen of that type (not to mention food trucks and and Little stands) and there are likely several dozen out of work even in smaller areas
This post was edited on 7/27/20 at 8:55 am
Posted on 7/27/20 at 9:04 am to cyarrr
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Of the restaurants that have closed, 60 percent will not reopen.
Posted on 7/27/20 at 9:12 am to uppermidwestbama
The riots you see in major cities are bc the restaurants are closed. About half the kids in those riots were waiters and bartenders and cooks
Posted on 7/27/20 at 2:59 pm to chalmetteowl
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this is why New Orleans is a failed city.
Lol
Yeah thats why. Its not the years of democrat leadership and blatant demographic issues surrounding the city in an extremely poor and poorly ran state. It's definitely because of people like me who's grandfather owned an Italian deli, grew up working in the industry and has four uncles who all own and operate their own restaurants around the country.
Ive never even lived in Nola.
Posted on 7/27/20 at 3:00 pm to uppermidwestbama
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60 percent of restaurants have gone out of business
Well if their food and service was good, they will be alright
Posted on 7/27/20 at 3:30 pm to dewster
quote:Tried to go to dinner at a pub that I consider a "restaurant" more than a bar, and found the doors locked by the latest round of stupid regs. Apparently, 51% of their sales were alcohol.
The restaurant spaces in my area have been hit exceptionally hard. At least 25% closure rate - hitting the brew-pubs and bars the hardest.
Anyway, there is a Twin Peaks just around the corner, so I said to myself "Self, you are here, just go to Twin Peaks and get a burger."
There WAS a Twin Peaks just around the corner. The space was completely empty.
You know it is serious when Twin Peaks has to break its lease.
BTW, OP is inaccurate. First, "Yelp" is hardly my go-to source for news. Even so, even Yelp only claims that 60% of the restaurants that CLOSED TEMPORARILY have made it permanent. The number does NOT include the majority of restaurants which have stayed open for the duration, through take-out and delivery.
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