The small business world is fucked. Especially our small restaurants. I hope everyone likes eating at chilis and applebees after this because that is all that will be left. No small restaurant can realistically still operate at 50% while not doubling prices.
This horseshit has destroyed hundreds of thousands of small business.
Their opposition to powerful corporations is entirely secondary. They are perfectly happy to sell out to any corporations they think can help them meet their goals of censorship and communism.
My lefty sibling was claiming that the protests to open were orchestrated by "big business." I tried to explain to her that "big business" would weather this storm but small businesses would tank in yuge numbers. But "orange man bad" and conservatives even worse.
I agree there will be some issues with the balance between previous income and future income, but the biggest factor is overhead. Rent will have to be lowered to entice the few restaurants that are willing to take the chance at success. All costs of business will have to be decreased in order to see a recovery. The cost of red tape, fees and licenses should be drastically lowered if not completely waived.
Get government out of the way and we will see entrepreneurs do their thing.
That is my main point. We have seen an increase in government in directing at what businesses have to follow to re open. These rules and regulations will effectively kill the businesses.
The great thing about the community I live in, everyone has been supporting our small restaurants. Most are doing pretty good because the community has come together to support them. We've lost a few chains already, but not a huge loss there.
Disagree. If they continue to make restaurants and other business work at less than optimal occupancy then they will fail. A good way that bars and restaurants estimate their viability is a dollar amount per square foot that your business is making. As long as this bullshit continues to make regulations and training then there will be even less profit in that industry.
Yeah that was my thought on it was they may reopen now but just the act of being open doesn't mean they survive. I felt like my experience here in Texas when a lot of places re-opened they've been busy and even during all the lock-ups the government allowed them to be creative to try to get by. But I went out of state last weekend and all the local places were either still closed or very empty if open, it was sad to see yet all the people were fine flooding the Walmart to buy the Chinese junk.
Yep. I changed my habits very early on in all of this because you'd show up and whether you were afraid of the virus or not it was just a stupid and annoying experience. I hadn't gone to a Walmart or Target since March 15 and I'm not planning on going back. All these people whine and moan about no one following social distancing yet they choose to flood into these places in the middle of a Saturday afternoon. I'm done with "super stores" and even though I am still stuck with a large chain of grocery stores at least it's just a grocery store and I found a nice local butcher shop too.
Absolutely! There were and are plenty of times the government here has even done things I don't like but it felt like culturally Texans were ready to jump back into life as soon as things lifted. I've not even been to a blue state since all this yet, I can only imagine (or watch crazy videos) of the madness still going on there.
If we can keep opening I'm really not at all worried about the stock market finishing it's recovery.
Still it went on long enough that I think there are many more sad days ahead in the small business world.
The small business world is fucked. Especially our small restaurants. I hope everyone likes eating at chilis and applebees after this because that is all that will be left. No small restaurant can realistically still operate at 50% while not doubling prices.
This horseshit has destroyed hundreds of thousands of small business.
^ This
Their opposition to powerful corporations is entirely secondary. They are perfectly happy to sell out to any corporations they think can help them meet their goals of censorship and communism.
My lefty sibling was claiming that the protests to open were orchestrated by "big business." I tried to explain to her that "big business" would weather this storm but small businesses would tank in yuge numbers. But "orange man bad" and conservatives even worse.
I agree there will be some issues with the balance between previous income and future income, but the biggest factor is overhead. Rent will have to be lowered to entice the few restaurants that are willing to take the chance at success. All costs of business will have to be decreased in order to see a recovery. The cost of red tape, fees and licenses should be drastically lowered if not completely waived.
Get government out of the way and we will see entrepreneurs do their thing.
That is my main point. We have seen an increase in government in directing at what businesses have to follow to re open. These rules and regulations will effectively kill the businesses.
Especially restaurants.
The great thing about the community I live in, everyone has been supporting our small restaurants. Most are doing pretty good because the community has come together to support them. We've lost a few chains already, but not a huge loss there.
All restaurants are Taco Bell.
Would a payroll tax cut that Trump wants help this?
You're going to see small businesses failing through fall & winter, even if they all reopened back to normal right now.
We're all going to be working for megacorps soon. Yaaaaay, being a number.
Thanks libs.
The human spirit is stronger than that. We have survived world wars and we will survive this too.
Agreed. Restaurants that were profitable before will be profitable after. Possibly even more.
Disagree. If they continue to make restaurants and other business work at less than optimal occupancy then they will fail. A good way that bars and restaurants estimate their viability is a dollar amount per square foot that your business is making. As long as this bullshit continues to make regulations and training then there will be even less profit in that industry.
Yeah that was my thought on it was they may reopen now but just the act of being open doesn't mean they survive. I felt like my experience here in Texas when a lot of places re-opened they've been busy and even during all the lock-ups the government allowed them to be creative to try to get by. But I went out of state last weekend and all the local places were either still closed or very empty if open, it was sad to see yet all the people were fine flooding the Walmart to buy the Chinese junk.
It's all an obvious setup.
Walmart parking lot is packed, but the strip mall of small businesses next door has no customers.
How is this "social distancing"? You're actively telling everyone to go to the biggest place together. It's been that way since day one.
This is just a ploy to kill off Trump's economy. Fucking marxists.
Yep. I changed my habits very early on in all of this because you'd show up and whether you were afraid of the virus or not it was just a stupid and annoying experience. I hadn't gone to a Walmart or Target since March 15 and I'm not planning on going back. All these people whine and moan about no one following social distancing yet they choose to flood into these places in the middle of a Saturday afternoon. I'm done with "super stores" and even though I am still stuck with a large chain of grocery stores at least it's just a grocery store and I found a nice local butcher shop too.
Absolutely! There were and are plenty of times the government here has even done things I don't like but it felt like culturally Texans were ready to jump back into life as soon as things lifted. I've not even been to a blue state since all this yet, I can only imagine (or watch crazy videos) of the madness still going on there.