Independent Operators

Majority of restaurant owners fear Delta outbreaks will harm business recovery

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August 9, 2021

A hefty number of restaurants, 88%, are fearful the ongoing Delta coronavirus variant spread will hurt recovery and it's a fear that 76% of all small business operators have. More than three-quarters, 77%, of retailers share the same concern.

Those figures come from an Alignable Research Center poll that queried 5,164 SMB operators, according to a press release.

The main worry are potential closures and shutdowns similar to what occurred at COVID-19's initial appearance in the U.S. in the spring of 2020.

More than three-quarters of New York-based SMBs, 82%, are worried and that concern is likely higher than when the poll was conducted as New York City issued an mask mandate for dining indoors last week.