And in the midst of it all, a QSRweb poll shows that more than 31% of restaurant company leaders have closed stores due to lack of employees, while nearly half of respondents relayed they have been mulling a similar move at one or more of their stores.
In other words, the restaurant industry particularly the quick-service sector definitely has a problem that threatens to do some real harm to businesses bottom lines. And no, not even a vaccine will remedy this conundrum, but some kind of answers are definitely needed and in short order.
Data depicts dire situation developing
Lest you doubt the severity of the current situation, you need look no further than the seemingly ever-flowing spring of statistics about the state of the current labor shortage for reassurance that this is a very real thing. Some of these read-em-and-weep statistics include: