Post-COVID Outlook and Recovery for Restaurants

Restaurant owners have had to completely flip their operations to accommodate proper health and safety protocols for over a year now, but the country is finally starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel with an influx of vaccine distribution. 2021 may have some good in store for the industry moving forward. 

However, change isn’t going to happen overnight. Business owners and our country’s leaders will have to come together to restore normal operations. Congress recently signed off on a number of provisions in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 that provide financial aid to business owners in the restaurant and hospitality industries to help expedite recovery from the now year-long pandemic. 

The Impact of COVIDBefore coronavirus, the food service industry was the second-largest private sector employer in the United States. A study conducted by S&P Global revealed that restaurants were instantly one of the most affected industries when coronavirus made…