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Signs on door of a Graeter's ice cream parlor in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Cincinnati during government-mandated closings. The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the United States restaurant industry via government closures, resulting in layoffs of workers and loss of income for restaurants and owners and threatening the survival of independent restaurants as a category.
Nearly 3.5 million parents work in the restaurant industry and more than 1 million of those are single mothers, 40% of whom live in poverty, according to a 2016 report by the National Women’s ...
Turnover can vary significantly based on time and industry. For example, the US 2001 - 2006 annual turnover rate for all industry sectors averaged 39.6% prior to seasonal adjustments, [29] while the leisure and hospitality sector experienced an average annual rate of 74.6% during this same period. [30]
The owners of a restaurant in Kent have blamed tax increases introduced in October's budget for its closure. The Pumproom in Chatham said it had been struggling because of rising costs and reduced ...
In the service sector, for example, Choi and colleagues date the industry cycles of the US hotel industry and restaurant industry. [12] They establish the mean duration of the business cycle, measured with aggregate activities in absolute level, as about 7.3 years for the U.S. hotel industry; and for the U.S. restaurant industry, as about 8 years.
The Lansing area lost more than a dozen restaurants and eateries in 2023. Their closures came amid a volatile, changed restaurant industry.
The impact on employers and workers within the restaurant industry is a major focus of the Fight for $15 movement. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, restaurants and other food services employ about sixty percent of all workers paid at or below the minimum wage, as of 2018. [57]
The restaurant industry was hit first and worst when COVID-19 closed the economy. According to the National Restaurant Association, businesses laid off or furloughed 8 million hospitality workers ...