Consumer Trends

Logical or not, food has gotten a bad rap during the COVID-19 crisis. Call it the (hopefully temporary) death of the “live-to-eat society.”

We’re roughly two weeks into the COVID-19 nightmare. And the options have whittled down for restaurants.

Restaurant sales have declined rapidly at the national level over the last week, as evidenced by massive furlough programs and corporate-store shut downs in recent days.

The coronavirus pandemic continues to upheave consumer behavior.

There’s a shift happening in the restaurant business right now and it’s completely unprecedented. Firstly, unless you offer take out or delivery, you’ve likely been ordered to close down. ...

For many restaurants, including those that had never offered off-premises options before, carryout and delivery have become a life raft over the past week.

In a manner of days, which feels like minutes, the business of dining in at full-s

The way consumers react to the coronavirus pandemic is about as dynamic as it gets.

Cameron Mitchell Restaurants, a multi-concept group that operates 36 locations across 15 brands and 12 states, including Ocean Prime, said Thursday it has temporarily ceased all operations and furl ...