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There's virtually no industry in the world that hasn't been impacted by the coronavirus, but few have been pummeled like restaurants in the U.S. Stay-at-home orders and other COVID-19 restrictions have forced many restaurants across the country to switch to takeout and delivery only, or close altogether. The National Restaurant Association predicted in mid-April that the restaurant and foodservice industry would suffer more than$50 billion in lost sales that month alone. Some 96% of restaurants in the fine-dining segment, which is characterized by elevated table service, have needed to lay off the vast majority of their staffs, according to a survey of 6,500 restaurant operators conducted April 10–16. The results also showed that at least four in every 10 restaurant operators have furloughed or permanently laid off all their workers. <p>While restaurants in every state have seen revenue decline during the pandemic, those in some states have suffered more than others. Stacker sourced data on how restaurants have fared during the coronavirus fromWomply from April 29, 2020, which found that revenue at U.S. restaurants is down by 44%. Data shows change in restaurant year-over-year sales for the week ending April 25, 2020. States are ranked from lowest to highest sales loss. Delaware and Hawaii are not included as data was not available. Stacker also looked at news articles, government reports, and information from industry trade groups to learn more about how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted restaurants in each state.</p> <p>Restaurants are eagerly waiting for the time when they can reopen safely, and in some states, they've already started welcoming diners back. The dining experience has changed, however. Once-crowded dining rooms havecut capacity and spaced tables far apart. Other government officials have advised that servers wear masks and gloves. And you might even need to have yourtemperature checked before you're seated.</p> <p>Wondering how your favorite restaurants might be holding up? Read on to learn about the states where restaurants have been hit the hardest by the coronavirus.</p> <p>Related: Industries with the biggest dropoff in foot traffic during COVID-19</p><p>Visit <a href="https://thestacker.com/" target="_blank">thestacker.com</a> for similar lists and stories.</p>
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There’s virtually no industry in the world that hasn’t been impacted by the coronavirus, but few have been pummeled like restaurants in the U.S. Stay-at-home orders and other COVID-19 restrictions have forced many restaurants across the country to switch to takeout and delivery only, or close altogether. The National Restaurant Association predicted in mid-April that the restaurant and foodservice industry would suffer more than$50 billion in lost sales that month alone. Some 96% of restaurants in the fine-dining segment, which is characterized by elevated table service, have needed to lay off the vast majority of their staffs, according to a survey of 6,500 restaurant operators conducted April 10–16. The results also showed that at least four in every 10 restaurant operators have furloughed or permanently laid off all their workers. While restaurants in every state have seen revenue decline during the pandemic, those in some states have suffered more than others. Stacker sourced data on how restaurants have fared during the coronavirus fromWomply from April 29, 2020, which found that revenue at U.S. restaurants is down by 44%. Data shows change in restaurant year-over-year sales for the week ending April 25, 2020. States are ranked from lowest to highest sales loss. Delaware and Hawaii are not included as data was not available. Stacker also looked at news articles, government reports, and information from industry trade groups to learn more about how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted restaurants in each state. Restaurants are eagerly waiting for the time when they can reopen safely, and in some states, they’ve already started welcoming diners back. The dining experience has changed, however. Once-crowded dining rooms havecut capacity and spaced tables far apart. Other government officials have advised that servers wear masks and gloves. And you might even need to have yourtemperature checked before you’re seated. Wondering how your favorite restaurants might be holding up? Read on to learn about the states where restaurants have been hit the hardest by the coronavirus. Related: Industries with the biggest dropoff in foot traffic during COVID-19Visit thestacker.com for similar lists and stories.
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Are any of you out there old enough to recall when mail in towns and cities was delivered twice a day? Little by little Americans’ unfortunate habit of wanting everything and wanting to pay for nothing has taken its toll on our postal service, and now delivery even once a day is at risk. Trump is threatening to let the USPS fail as a way to “punish” Jeff Bezos, whose Washington Post has often criticized him. You, Trump followers, follow him everywhere. Are you going to follow him down the path of eliminating America’s postal service? At least it would give the rest of the world another reason, as if they needed one, to laugh at us.

I understand that there are those among us who are petulant, stupid, selfish children who conflate public health guidelines with being stripped of their rights. I also understand that businesses need to operate and lots of stores aren’t refusing service to these adult infants. This will spread disease and get people killed. Here’s what you can do: if you see a store letting people violate social distancing and not wear masks, leave. Before you do, tell the manager why. Vote with your dollars. Take your business to responsible stores. We’re all in this together.

Two of Trump’s famous quotations will eventually go down in history as among the dumbest things ever uttered by an American president: “You’ll get tired of winning,” and “We’ll soon be down to zero.” Maybe add a third: “We have prevailed,” this after more than 80,000 Americans have died from the disease he once called a hoax.

President Trump says doctors and nurses are “running into death just like soldiers running into bullets” and that “it’s a beautiful thing to see.” Who, other than a sociopath, would think that a doctor or nurse running into death, is a beautiful thing to see?

Most of the infected at the meat processing plants were immigrants so the White House is happy with that number. It’s what Trump wanted all the time, to get rid of them.

Is a prefrontal lobotomy a prerequisite for Fox News broadcasters ?

Trump cannot explain his supposed Obamagate accusations. It doesn’t exist except in his mind. This is made up political nonsense.

After 118 years, J.C Penney is on the verge of filing bankruptcy. Bonuses totaling almost $8 million were paid however to Penney’s CEO and other top execs, on top of their salaries. These ”pay to stay” bonuses are a farce. It’s not as if the retailer couldn’t file Chapter 11 without these vital employees, but this is how the system works. The select few at the top always make out like bandits.

Everything that Trump keeps claiming that he has the right to do because he is “the president” are things that he wants to have former President Obama investigated, charged, and imprisoned for.

Trump’s enraged because far more people believe in Dr. Fauci than believe in him. This self-obsessed narcissist won’t stand being upstaged like that, so you can be sure that truthful Fauci will soon be gone. And it’s all about Trump’s campaign for reelection and has nothing to do with confronting a national health crisis. On that score, Trump is in complete denial.

It’s fallen to a British medical journal, The Lancet, to publish an editorial by medical professionals blasting Donald Trump for his “hobbling” of the formerly prestigious Centers for Disease Control agency through budget cuts and staff reductions motivated by purely political concerns. Why has it taken a publication by foreign medical and health professionals to do this? Because American professionals know that were they to speak up, Trump would figure out a way to make them pay.

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