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This past week, The National Restaurant Association shared survey data with Congressional leaders on the state of the consumer, some 18 months removed from the onset of COVID-19.
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August 30 22, 2021 via FSR Magazine

This past week, The National Restaurant Association shared survey data with Congressional leaders on the state of the consumer, some 18 months removed from the onset of COVID-19. It painted a convoluted landscape, to put it blandly. Thanks to a recent spike in cases due to the Delta variant, six in 10 said they’ve changed their restaurant usage, while 37 percent said they ordered takeout or delivery instead of sitting down in a restaurant, and 19 percent chose to dine outside.

Perhaps the most troubling turn—19 percent said they’ve stopped going out to restaurants and 9 percent cancelled existing plans to dine out in recent weeks.

Sean Kennedy, EVP of Public Affairs at the Association, called recent trends "dangerous," and said shifts in dining-out behavior are "beginning to put acute pressure back on the restaurant industry."

It’s the coupled concern of operating amid present inflationary pressures—namely labor and commodities—yet without the pent-up demand that’s fueled traffic of late. "The small gains that our industry has made toward financial security are in danger of being wiped out, dashing the hopes of communities, entrepreneurs, and consumers nationwide," Kennedy said.

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