The Comprehensive Impact of COVID-19 on the Catering Industry and Recommendations for Recovery

Zhi Zheng ()
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Zhi Zheng: Shanghai Baoshan World Foreign Language School

A chapter in Proceedings of the International Workshop on Navigating the Digital Business Frontier for Sustainable Financial Innovation (ICDEBA 2024), 2025, pp 113-121 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In 2019, the new coronavirus broke out in Wuhan, China. Many people have died from the virus, and while confirmed cases have spread rapidly, the world economy has been hit hard. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, people’s Daily lives and eating habits have been greatly affected, people are going out less and paying more attention to healthy eating. This has led to a sharp drop in revenue for the catering industry. In order to help the restaurant recover from the epidemic and help the government recover the economy, based on the literature review and questionnaire survey results of restauranteurs, this study will analyze the specific impact of the epidemic on the customer flow and income in different restaurants, make some predictions about the future catering industry, and give some recommendations for restauranteurs and policymakers to aid in the recovery such as using machines and robots to replace laborers and increasing barriers to entry to the catering industry.

Keywords: Coronavirus COVID-19; Catering Industry; Policy Recommendations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.2991/978-94-6463-652-9_12

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