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Yelp Examines Spikes in New Restaurant and Food Businesses, Reopenings

The sector is seeing pre-pandemic levels

There were nearly 16,500 reopenings in April, the most since April 2020, joined by over 5,000 more in MayYelp
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By David Cohen

June 15, 2021

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With more than 60% of adults in the U.S. having received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine and summer quickly approaching, business directory and crowdsourced review forum Yelp examined the impact of the surge in demand on the restaurant industry.

Yelp restaurants general manager Devon Wright wrote in a blog post Wednesday, “The increased interest in dine-in service at restaurants has grown so much that many restaurants are facing a staff shortage. With more new restaurants opening and many that were once temporarily closed reopening, restaurant owners are turning to technology to help manage their front-of-house in light of the current labor shortage.”

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