WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO - On St. Patrick’s Day last year, Amy and Chris Hillyard marked the 30th anniversary of Farley’s, their pair of cafes in San Francisco and Oakland, California, with live bagpipes and noisy crowds.
“We were running at the top of our game as a business and it’s just devastating to have to turn off the engine,” Amy said. Restaurants are notoriously high-risk businesses, typically running on pretax margins of 3 to 6%, which makes them extremely vulnerable in a downturn. For the Hillyards, switching to takeout or delivery was not a viable option, given the cafe is surrounded by now-empty office buildings. By Monday, sales were down 70% from normal, as local businesses sent workers home even before the lockdown started.
There as elsewhere the hope is that the rise of online food ordering over recent years will soften the blow.
At least all that food now will show up at the stores.
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longing for the days of the chicken sandwich wars
We’ll survive better than most. And if the lying Chinese had been honest, none of us would be where we are now. The world will remember their treachery and they will be relegated once again to making rubber dogshit skeeball prizes!!!!
Seems ppl are only concerned with restaurants losing business. What about all other businesses?
and Dominoes is hiring 10k people
After the market tests the 2008 lows, there should be a bounce? But will it take another 3 years for claw back to the top?
Either that or ..Italy
Didn’t know Jürgen Klopp owned restaurants in sf
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I couldn't imagine owning a restaurant through this.
Why does everyone think it is our government's responsibility to give them money? Life happens. No one owes these businesses anything.
Smart money has been getting out of gambling the stock market and into CA$H. After the market tests the 2008 lows, there should be a bounce? But will it take another 3 years for claw back to the top?
I can confirm this.. being in the food service business over 30 years I've never seen anything like this in the business.. people just stopped coming in.. literally overnight
Better take care of us. When this is over I promise you’ll want us back
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