Posts by Aaron Wise

Restaurants Brace for Second Wave of COVID-19

As New Jersey and New York reopen outdoor dining at restaurants and progress to “Phase 2” reopenings, hospitalizations are soaring in Arizona, Texas, Florida, and Tennessee. Global daily new cases…

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Restaurants Have Lost $120B, Losses to Double by Year End

The U.S restaurant industry has lost $120 billion of revenues from March to May this year due to the coronavirus, according to a definitive National Restaurant Association survey of 3,800…

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Operating Efficiency of Domino’s Pizza Tantamount to Google

Domino’s Pizza (NYSE: DPZ) went public in 2004, and it has delivered a superior return to its shareholders, better even than Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL). “It’s pretty amazing,” said Joe Weisenthal….

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Bar Rescue’s Jonathan Taffer on COVID-19 Restaurant Changes

“I have great confidence in the restaurant business. We’ve been dealing with invisible enemies since our inception. We’ve called it bacteria. Bars and restaurants deal with bacteria every day,” says…

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Senior Analyst Michael Halen on the State of Restaurant Industry

“Social distancing measures, primarily the dining room closures, have really hurt restaurant sales throughout late March through May,” said Bloomberg restaurant analyst Michael Halen today on national radio. “In May,…

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92% of Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and KFC Restaurants Have Reopened

Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM), the $28 billion bellwether for the fast-casual restaurant industry, disclosed to regulators today that 92% of its North American restaurants have reopened. It has reopened over…

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The Curious Boom and Bust of Food Trucks in China

Food truck owners can learn from the instructive experiences of their Chinese counterparts during the past two weeks. China’s aggressive revival of street cart businesses at the end of May,…

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Restaurant Employment Rises 21.9% in May; Trump Will Sign PPP Flexibility Act

The May jobs report beat everyone’s expectations at 8:30am EDT this morning. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) national unemployment rate for May was 13.3%, nearly one third better…

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Restaurant Mortgage Delinquencies Triple

Delinquencies on U.S. restaurant mortgages tripled from April to May. From 3.67% in April, U.S. retail establishments’ unpaid commercial mortgages increased to 10.14% in May. Restaurants have been one of…

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Latest Coronavirus Financial Relief Updates for Restaurants

Even though many restaurant owners have already applied for financial assistance, there are distinct sources of relief that many restaurant owners have overlooked. With over $52 billion of lost revenue,…

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