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Re:Bird lays off hundreds via Zoom call by hpliferaft on Friday March 27, 2020 @10:50PM (#22708780)
Any company that sells to people inside their homes is doing great. Games and content providers, video conferencing software, restaurants that do food delivery, Amazon.
Re:Bird lays off hundreds via Zoom call by mcny on Friday March 27, 2020 @11:38PM (#22709018)
Anecdote: just talked to my neighbor who owns a delivery takeout quick service restaurant and they estimate business is down 70%... maybe the bigger chains are ok but small business likely not
Re:Bird lays off hundreds via Zoom call by TaylorGood on Saturday March 28, 2020 @01:03AM (#22709334)
Restaurants still have the hurdle of fear - is everybody in the kitchen wearing gloves, are they all non-COVID, etc.. There are enough touchpoints in the process to get take out delivered I'm avoidng it.
Re:Bird lays off hundreds via Zoom call by markkanof on Saturday March 28, 2020 @04:04AM (#22709875)
And that is certainly your prerogative to do. My family is getting takeout a few times a week to support our favorite local restaurants. Just providing a counter point that there is still money going into some restaurants (although I'm sure it is less than typical).