As the country is gradually returning to normalcy, people might not go to restaurants for 60 days more with the fear of COVID-19 spread in public places.
Read on to find out more…
What Do The Statistics Say?
According to the LocalCircles survey, only 2% of respondents said they visited restaurants several times to eat out in the last 60 days whereas 3% said they visited restaurants only a few times.
On the other hand, 21% said they didn’t visit a restaurant, but got food delivered a few times.
A whopping majority of 72% responded that they neither visited a restaurant nor did they get restaurant food delivered home.
In the next 60 days, only 3% of the respondents plan to visit restaurants several times to eat out and 6% said they plan to visit restaurants occasionally to eat out.
22% of the respondents said they have no plans to visit a restaurant but will opt for home delivery of food. However, a majority of 64% said they have no plans to visit a restaurant nor get food delivered home.
Food Delivery Platforms In Demand!
On Monday, September 14, a LocalCircles survey report said, “It has been 3 months since restaurants became operational and although the industry was quite happy with the decision, consumers have largely stayed away from eating out due to the COVID-19 fear.”
However, online food delivery platforms are functioning and will likely profit from the current scenario.
The report added, “Food Aggregators like Swiggy and Zomato have been reporting approximately 50% of sales recovery as compared to pre-COVID-19 including the supplies of groceries and essentials which they commenced in April 2020.”
However, reportedly, many restaurants and cafés have closed their shutter permanently citing reasons like unable to recover even operational costs due to lack of customers.
To weather this economic storm, many restaurants are seeking permission from the government to start open-air dining.
Will restaurants start dining-in facility by this year-end? We will keep you updated as more details come in…
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