restaurantdive | Three percent of restaurants have already permanently closed due to the coronavirus crisis, according to research from the National Restaurant Association.
Forty-four percent of operators have temporarily closed their
restaurants, and 11% anticipate they will permanently close within 30
days.
Restaurant sales dropped 47% across the U.S. from March 1 to March
22, and 54% of operators now offer off-premise services only, according
to an NRA survey of more than 4,000 restaurant operators.
Seventy percent of restaurants surveyed have had to lay off
employees and reduce workers' hours, and about half of restaurants
expect further layoffs and hourly reductions in the next 30 days. More
than 60% of restaurants have had to reduce their operating hours.
