Datassential Reports That More Than 65,750 Restaurants Have Closed During the Pandemic

The Chicago-based foodservice research firm detailed restaurant openings and closings during the pandemic in one of its Covid-era updates last week. It reported, as part of its Firefly restaurant research, that 65,755 restaurants have closed on a net basis since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020. Closings have significantly outpaced new openings through…