thanks man restaurants across the USA
are in a desperate race to survive and
they're taking extreme measures
typically this popular restaurant in
Pasadena California would be packed with
customers but now like many other
restaurants they've gone from sit-down
dining to takeout and delivery only even
so sales have plummeted to actually been
devastating we had a layoff about 85 to
90 percent of our employees
Jimmy Christos owns Foothill restaurant
it would be one two three four possible
cooks to the front line plus also a
Preppers in the back and today we are
down to one for the trickle of food
orders coming in he's implemented new
safety measures when the customer
actually comes in we greet them at the
door and we actually put the actual food
in bags by the door so they don't have
to actually come in the restaurant
he says his staff changes gloves with
every order
he's also offering 50% off his wines to
help drum up business we can actually
take alcohol home which is something
very new Jim and Maddie vegam are
longtime customers stopping by for
takeout thank you so much for taking
care of us what a treat we really
appreciate it we need to support our
local restaurant tours and our servers
and our buses and our cooks as well the
hashtag great American takeout is now
going viral with people from all over
posting photos of their takeout orders
Norm's restaurant is even offering a
takeout breakfast care package that
includes one roll of toilet paper
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