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.
Rents will have to be lowered or the spaces will remain empty. If I’m a renter, I’d be looking to have a business open in one of my spaces immediately. The going rate won’t be what is was prior to the debacle. Those who are willing to accept the difference in revenues will succeed.
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.
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.
I agree completely. However, my point still stands.
Restaurants that were profitable before the hysteria closures, will be profitable after.
Restaurants that are able to maintain some acceptable level of profitability during the hysteria will continue to do so.
We need to demand they throw the entire "shutdown" thing away and reopen the country.
Rents will have to be lowered or the spaces will remain empty. If I’m a renter, I’d be looking to have a business open in one of my spaces immediately. The going rate won’t be what is was prior to the debacle. Those who are willing to accept the difference in revenues will succeed.
It's not like every restaurant was 100% full all the time prior to shutdown - you know?
It will ramp up fast. In the states that are allowed to open up, at least. Thank God I live in one of them.
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.
Same, haven't stepped foot in a wal-mart for months now. Instead i've been going to the local beef farm. Recently bought 1/4 of a cow
Yep, I'm done with all those stores. If I can't get it in a smaller store I'll order it online.
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.
Even here in Austin it is hopping! So great to see cars in parking lots and folks out on dining patios. Inside too.