496,800Restaurant and foodservice jobs in North Carolina in 2020 = 11%

of employment in the state

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North Carolina COVID-19 Restaurant Impact Snapshot

19,851Eating and drinking place

locations in North Carolina in 2019

$23.5 billionEstimated sales in North Carolina

restaurants in 2019

Restaurant Industry THEN (March 1, 2020)

*Source: National Restaurant Association, national survey of more than 6,500 restaurant operators conducted April 10-16

Restaurant Industry NOW (April 16, 2020)

BETWEEN MARCH 1 - APRIL 16*

40% of operators temporarily

closed their restaurant

91%of operators who laid off or

furloughed employees

BETWEEN MARCH 1 - APRIL 16*

$1,600 millionRestaurant sales lost in April due to COVID-19 outbreak

290,000restaurant employees laid

off or furloughed since COVID-19 outbreak

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Restaurant.org/Covid19

“We’ve laid off our entire company

of 115 people and closed 2 of the 3

restaurants. Our family is in here with

a limited menu trying to salvage the

company.”

Restaurant operator, Raleigh

“Both restaurants that

I’m employed with have

closed indefinitely, and

it is the same all over

the city. This will cause

certain financial hardship

for myself, my family and

the community.”

Restaurant employee,

Greensboro

“I work actively at two restaurants,

both of which closed due to COVID-19.

One may never reopen, sadly. Having

worked in the service industry for

nearly two decades,

most everyone I know

has been affected and

are now unemployed.”

Restaurant employee,

Charlotte

“Our two restaurants are

closed. 115 employees

are out of work and all

of us are facing the

uncertainty of whether

we can pay our bills, keep our homes

and our cars, and put food on our

tables.”

Restaurant operator, Asheville

2,975+

messages sent to Sens. Tillis and Burr

to support restaurants

NORTH CAROLINA COVID-19 Restaurant

Impact Snapshot