A Record 61% Of Restaurants, 35% Of Small Businesses Can't Pay December Rent; These Pa. residents never thought they’d be here – in line at a food bank in a pandemic, and other C-Virus Updates

A Record 61% Of Restaurants, 35% Of Small Businesses Can't Pay December Rent:

According to the latest Alignable Rent Poll, it’s becoming increasingly difficult for small businesses everywhere to pay their rent in full and on time, given the latest COVID resurgences. The need for more federal funding is also becoming more pronounced for many of these businesses, according to the poll.

These findings are based on the most recent Alignable Rent Poll conducted among 9,204 small business owners from 11/21-11/23/2020. Here are the highlights:

> Several B2C industries are devastated – 61% of restaurants can’t pay their rent this month. That’s up 19% from 42% in November.
> 35% of U.S. small businesses couldn’t pay their rent this month, up 3% from 32% in November.
> Beauty salons (46%) and travel/hospitality businesses (43%) round out the Top 3 most-affected businesses, but many others are in trouble. --->READ MORE HERE

Paul Kuehnel,York Daily Record

These Pa. residents never thought they’d be here – in line at a food bank in a pandemic:

They began to queue up at about 1:30 p.m.

The cars, pickup trucks and SUVs trickled in, lining up in rows set apart by traffic cones in the parking lot of the suburban shopping center.

Single people, couples and families occupied themselves while they waited, some glued to their phones, others doing word-find or crossword puzzles, and yet others napping, reclined in the driver’s seats of their cars.

By the end of the day, as many as 1,100 cars would stream through the parking lot, their trunk lids and tailgates open, ready to accept the food that would sustain the occupants and their families.

Volunteers scurried about, readying the harvest, cutting plastic wrap from pallets holding boxes of food, dry goods, eggs, frozen chicken thighs. --->READ MORE HERE

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