NROM - Restaurants Post-Lockdown Look Good!

Industries hardest hit by the lockdown have the mostpotential for recovery.  Some still face significantunknowns about their future. Investors looking for signs of life in foodservicehave been getting clear positive indications. Demand for dining out is returning,and there has been renewed activity showing up at their tables, in theirearnings, and in their stock prices. The easing of pandemic restrictions ondining out has been regional, so recoveries are on different timelines. But thespeed at which restaurants reached the allowed 25-50% capacity peak is veryencouraging.  There doesn’t seem to be a highlevel of fear among patrons of leaving the house and being out among strangers.Ironically, pictures of the unrest during the past week and people throughoutthe world out and among crowds may be helping a mindset that it’s okay to bearound others once more. All of this could quickly change if the Covid-19 casessurprise with a resurgence, or violence toward public places escalates. But,for now, the trend is very much in favor of customer traffic climbing abovewhere it is now.Read More >>