The biggest problems will be bars - they will be in deep trouble. The ones that didn't serve food had to close all together. Restaurants are next. Many restaurants ended up tossing upwards of $10K or $20K in food that had expiration dates. Yes, many of them have tried to push things through carry out, but the results on sales were not even close to when they were open and even still they had to downsize by laying off most all employees. Like everyone, businesses have rent/mortgage/utilites/taxes and LOANS. While some of these bills may have been placed on hold, they are still owed, not forgiven.
I talked to the owner of a very large restaurant in Garrett County. In just 3 weeks he is out $40K. He will likely be OK because the bank is likely to issue him another loan. Most business won't get that loan as banks are clamping down hard on borrowing. If you have a business that just gets by month to month, you will close without a loan or grant.
Hotels are in big trouble.
As a food manufacturer, my problems are obtaining supplies. But the biggest like most is the loss of sales. Many of my clients are restaurants, bars, brew pubs, food trucks, camp grounds, hotels, etc. They cut off buying 100% if they are even open. If it were not for supermarket and grocery stores remaining open I would have closed.
The biggest issues in America will be the loss of state and federal income through income tax, sales tax, hotel tax, gas tax, property tax, lottery tax (such as with Rocky Gap locally). They are not collecting these things. Yet at the same time, they are dumping out billions in grants, relief funds, stimulus checks, unemployment, medicare, food stamps, etc. It's all going to crash hard.
I will paste below a Facebook post from Allegany County Commissioner Jake Shade. This is just the tip of the iceberg.
