As many as 28,000 restaurant jobs have been lost in Manitoba due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey by Restaurants Canada.
The non-profit, which represents restaurants nationwide, says the Manitoba numbers are part of an estimated 800,000 foodservices positions that have been lost across Canada since March 1.
Nearly one in 10 restaurants in Canada have already closed, said the organization, and nearly one in five expect to close if conditions don’t get better in a month. “Not only was our industry among the first to feel the impacts of COVID-19, we’ve been one of the hardest hit so far, with nearly two thirds of our workforce now lost,” said Restaurants Canada’s Shanna Munro, in a release. “In our 75 years of existence as