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Tara Deschamps When COVID-19 started spreading through Canada, Resa Solomon-St. Lewis, shown in this handout image, watched business at her Caribbean food company Baccanalle disappear in record speed. With no events and weddings to cater and farmers markers and other artisan shows cancelled, 80 per cent of the Ottawa company s revenue dried up and like many Black restaurant owners, Solomon-St.Lewis was worried about the future. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Dwayne Brown MANDATORY CREDIT July 08, 2021 - 4:26 PM TORONTO - When COVID-19 started spreading through Canada, Resa Solomon-St. Lewis watched business at her Caribbean food company Baccanalle disappear. With no events or weddings to cater and farmers markers and other artisan shows cancelled, 80 per cent of the Ottawa company s revenue dried up and like many Black restaurant owners, Solomon-St.Lewis was worried about the future.

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Black restaurateurs expect long recovery times from pandemic lows Business Related 5 – Excellent When COVID-19 started spreading through Canada, Resa Solomon-St. Lewis, shown in this handout image, watched business at her Caribbean food company Baccanalle disappear in record speed. With no events and weddings to cater and farmers markers and other artisan shows cancelled, 80 per cent of the Ottawa company s revenue dried up and like many Black restaurant owners, Solomon-St.Lewis was worried about the future. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Dwayne Brown MANDATORY CREDIT TORONTO – When COVID-19 started spreading through Canada, Resa Solomon-St. Lewis watched business at her Caribbean food company Baccanalle disappear.

Black restaurateurs expect long recovery times from pandemic lows

We were looking at our existing business and thinking this is not going to survive, she recalled. I don t think that any Black or minority-owned businesses would necessarily expect. and I didn t expect anybody to come to my rescue. Black entrepreneurs say that feeling stems from years of being underfunded and facing extra challenges in an industry notorious for low margins, high staff turnover and long hours. They say the pandemic has made things even tougher and predict that it could be months or even years before they recoup lost earnings, but they re bent on not letting the health crisis get the best of them.

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