THE RESTAURANT RENAISSANCE

摘要

It was March 15,2020. The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) had just hit the United States, however many restaurant chains and foodservice distributors were already feeling the effects of what was still to come. Restaurants in China, France, Italy and other countries overseas had already been closed for 1-2 months now. But, here in the United States, the domino effect of the closings was just getting started. As of March 13,2020, more than two-thirds of restaurants (70%) experienced traffic declines, according to Black Box Intelligence. The National Restaurant Association (NRA) predicted the industry would lose $225 billion in sales during the next three months, eliminating as many as 7 million industry jobs. A Technomic survey suggested that restaurant sales overall would decline 11-27% in 2020.