Restaurants are key to restoring Canada's economy and reviving main streets across the country, but first they need to survive.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, foodservice was the fastest-growing industry in Canada, generating $95 billion in sales in 2019. Now at least a quarter of restaurants are at risk of closing due to crushing debt from operating at a loss for months on end.
Help us keep local restaurants in the picture.
Foodservice was Canada's fourth-largest employer before the pandemic struck, but at least 230,000 of these jobs have still not been recovered.
Supply chain partners rely on our industry for their success.
Foodservice hires and trains more young people than any other industry.
At least 95 cents of every dollar spent at a restaurant goes directly back into the economy — no other sector returns so much of its revenue to local communities.
Restaurateurs work closely with Canadian farmers to bring local food to the table.
Foodservice businesses serve every rural and urban Canadian community, and that adds up.
Restaurants love to give back.
The COVID-19 crisis has led to the closure of at least 10% of restaurants — that's 10,000 local establishments now gone.
