The Owensboro Times
Updated April 28, 2021 | 12:56 am
Photo by Ryan Richardson
Maybe it’s the extra unemployment benefits and stimulus checks. Maybe it’s the uncertainty of the industry. Maybe it’s some of both, or any number of other factors. What’s certain, though, is that a labor shortage is taking its toll on restaurants, and some in the industry expect another difficult summer.
“It’s no secret that restaurants have been hit hard over the past year with inconsistent and illogical executive orders,” Commissioner of Agriculture Ryan Quarles said Tuesday during a stop in Owensboro for his “Restaurant Roundtables” series primarily aimed at listening to emerging issues across the Commonwealth.