Lastest Stories by Colman Andrews

The coronavirus pandemic has hit the hospitality industry hard. Starting as early as mid-March, bars and restaurants across the nation were shut down by executive order — closed to indoor dining...
The restaurant trade has been particularly hard-hit by the onset of COVID-19. More than 8 million restaurant employees have been laid off or furloughed around the country. The restaurant industry as...
One of the industries that has been hardest hit by the coronavirus shutdown of American businesses is the food service trade. In just the first three weeks of March, restaurant sales nationally...
Shopping for groceries online was a growing trend even before the coronavirus hit. According to a study conducted by the data research site Statista, the amount spent on online grocery orders in the...
Staying at home in the face of the novel coronavirus pandemic, whether we’re under quarantine or simply because we’re sheltering in place, we have plenty to worry about — avoiding the...
In an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19, in March or April almost every state issued orders shutting down its restaurants for dine-in service. (The sole holdout was South Dakota.) Many...
These days, in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, “quarantine” no longer sounds like some obscure concept from medieval times, and “isolation” means something considerably different than...
One of the industries that has been hardest hit by the coronavirus shutdown of American businesses is the food service trade. In just the first three weeks of March, restaurant sales nationally...
Since the onset of the novel coronavirus in the U.S., consumers have sometimes encountered bare shelves in some sections of their supermarkets. Especially when news of potential lockdowns first...
Grocery shopping used to be an errand or a chore — just another thing to do once or twice a week or whenever we needed more cereal or beer. These days, as we struggle to stay safe and sane while...
Public health officials and state and local government representatives advise us to minimize trips to the grocery store as much as possible these days. Getting groceries delivered instead of picking...
Staying at home all the time and not being allowed to go outside except for essential activities such as doing grocery shopping comes with many challenges, and one of them is how to stay away from...
As people continue to do their part in the fight against COVID-19 and spend more time at home, many find themselves inevitably searching for new material to watch. While playing “streaming...