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Heading into the lockdowns, the data doesn't bear that out. Restaurant demand crashed before lockdowns were in place: https://www.opentable.com/state-of-industr
by the_snooze 7y ago
Heading into the lockdowns, the data doesn't bear that out. Restaurant demand crashed before lockdowns were in place: https://www.opentable.com/state-of-industry https://www.opentable.com/state-of-industry
The US had a > 90% decline in bookings by March 18. California was one of the more aggressive places with issuing a statewide lockdown, but that didn't happen until March 19: https://abc7news.com/timeline-of-coronavirus-us-coronvirus-bay-area-sf/6047519/ https://abc7news.com/timeline-of-coronavirus-us-coronvirus-b...
- standardUser 7y agoRestaurants were closing or limiting business before official lockdowns in pretty much every jurisdiction that has had a lockdown. You need to look a week or two before official lockdown dates to see the start of declining business.