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February 6, 2023

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CASH: More restaurants closing permanently reveals significant headwinds ahead for the struggling industry

October 28, 2021 Algenon Cash

Phillip Opie Kirby, owner of Finnigan’s Wake, took to Facebook announcing the wildly popular Irish pub in downtown Winston-Salem that he founded and operated for the past 15 years is closing permanently. The announcement comes […]

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Need for workers reaches across employers and industries

June 23, 2021 Matt Mercer and Emily Roberson, North State Journal

RALEIGH – The continuing trouble employers are having to fill the jobs gap in the state economy has business leaders and state legislators searching for the right mix of incentives and talent. Advertisements for jobs […]

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Restaurant survival hopes pick up as $28.6B in grants begin

May 11, 2021 Joyce M. Rosenberg, Associated Press

NEW YORK — Thousands of restaurants and bars decimated by the COVID-19 outbreak have a better chance at survival as the government begins handing out $28.6 billion in grants ¬— money to help these small […]

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U.S. pizza sales, booming in pandemic, start to slow

March 1, 2021 Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — After a pandemic-fueled boom, U.S. pizza sales appear to be headed back to earth. Domino’s and Papa John’s pizza chains both said Thursday that their same-store sales lost steam in the […]

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Bill aims to aid bars and clubs kept closed by Gov. Roy Cooper’s executive orders

February 3, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A bill filed in the North Carolina House seeks to help bars and clubs kept closed by Gov. Roy Cooper’s pandemic executive orders by extending permit deferrals. House Bill 4, titled Extend ABC […]

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THOMPSON: Tapped out – Gov. Cooper’s irrational shut-down orders threaten bar owners’ livelihoods

January 26, 2021 Jessica Thompson

Earlier this month, Gov. Roy Cooper appeared on national cable news touting how he closed North Carolina bars to fight the spread of COVID-19. The problem is most bars in North Carolina are open — Cooper has singled […]

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 Drive-thru dominates even as dine-in restrictions ease

October 9, 2020 Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press

Even with cities like New York relaxing rules for dining in, sales figures from chains like McDonalds and Domino’s Pizza on Thursday suggest that most people continue to favor keeping their distance. Comparable-store U.S. sales […]

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Tillis holds PPP roundtable with restaurant industry leaders in Raleigh

August 26, 2020 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) held a roundtable at the Angus Barn in Raleigh to discuss the Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP, with concerned restaurant owners. Angus Barn owners Van Eure and Steve Thanhauser […]

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Many landmark restaurants, bars won’t reopen after virus

August 10, 2020 Curt Anderson, Associated Press

TAMPA, Fla. — La Tropicana Cafe has been a cornerstone of Tampa’s historic Latin-influenced Ybor City neighborhood since the 1960s, well known as a gathering spot where movers and shakers and even mobsters mixed with […]

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With loan money gone, restaurants are at mercy of virus

August 3, 2020 Joyce M. Rosenberg, Associated Press

NEW YORK — The check has arrived and beleaguered restaurant owners across America are looking down on their empty wallets. Government coronavirus loans in the spring helped eating establishments rehire laid-off employees and ride out […]

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