A question of struggle and survival for many restaurants
Some restaurants are still digging out of the hole the COVID-19 pandemic put them in. Many took on debt to survive the pandemic when they had to shutter; others have debt from before. The costs of those loans are still weighing on many restaurants — especially smaller establishments. We dig in. Also on this morning’s show: the war on ticket scalping, Vietnam’s slashed import duties and a delay in a Panama Canal port deal.