Media Alert: Restaurant Recovery Update Press Conference November 2, 2021

Industry leaders share the latest data, as well as the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead, as Texas restaurants prepare for a critical holiday season

AUSTIN, Texas (Oct. 28, 2021) – Texas restaurants have been on a rollercoaster as they fight to rebuild from the economic devastation created by COVID-19. After an encouraging spring, many restaurants experienced a perfect storm of drastic food cost increases, labor shortages, and canceled plans stemming from the Delta variant. As a result, 75% of Texas operators recently reported that their restaurant is less profitable now than it was three months ago.

While these challenges persist, the holiday season and innovative policy proposals are creating opportunities for restaurants across the state. Join the Texas Restaurant Association (TRA) for a press event to discuss these challenges and opportunities and hear from operators firsthand why it's critical that the public and our policymakers continue to champion local restaurant recovery.

About the Texas Restaurant Association

Formed in 1937, the Texas Restaurant Association (TRA) serves as the advocate in Texas and the indispensable resource for the foodservice industry. As a leading business association, the TRA represents the state's $70 billion restaurant industry, which is comprised of approximately 50,000 locations and a workforce of 1.3 million employees. Along with the Texas Restaurant Foundation, the workforce development arm of the TRA, the Association proudly continues to protect, advance, and educate a growing industry as the TRA enters its 85th anniversary year.

/PRNewswire -- Nov. 1, 2021/

SOURCE Texas Restaurant Association