November Jobs Growth Disappointed Politicians And Economists; Eating & Drinking Places Added Only 11,000 Jobs

Growth of jobs at “food services and drinking places,” the vast majority of which are restaurants, was a paltry 11,000 in November as the US economy as a whole produced 210,000 net new jobs, according to the monthly employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, released Dec. 3. The restaurant jobs numbers were disappointing,…