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What’s Going to Happen to Restaurants Now?

Even Before COVID-19, US Restaurants Were Struggling

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Edward Behr
Sep 01, 2020
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Swan Oyster Depot, San Francisco, lunch, 2013. Edward Behr

"IN 2020, THE SIZE of the US restaurant industry was going to be $899 billion, or about 4 percent of the US economy, according to the National Restaurant Association. That number suggests chains, but seven out of ten restaurants, the association says, are “single-unit operations.” Year by year, …

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