Restaurant traffic decline due to COVID-19 in the U.S., by restaurant type Q2 2020
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic severely impacted the restaurant industry in the United States in 2020. Due to social distancing measures and general caution in public places, consumers were dining out less. According to the source, visits to full service restaurants in the U.S. went down by 47 percent in the second quarter of 2020 compared to the previous year. Meanwhile, quick service restaurants were not quite as badly affected, showing a YoY decline of 17 percent in Q2 2020.
