March 26, 2020 — This week, world-famous chefs Wolfgang Puck and Thomas Keller joined Tucker Carlson on Tucker Carlson Tonight to describe the difficulties faced by restaurants, their problems related to business interruption insurance, and keeping their teams together for when restaurants re-open. Chef Keller specifically mentioned concern for fishermen and farmers. Both chefs reminded viewers that restaurants are the largest private sector employers in the nation.
Economic forecasts indicate that restaurants and the foodservice industry could sustain $225 billion in losses and eliminate 5-7 million jobs over the next three months.
We are well aware that two-thirds of domestic seafood landed goes to restaurants, and the seafood community is concerned about the health of the restaurant industry. We encourage seafood industry members who want to support restaurants to use the tools made available by the National Restaurant Association to urge the President and Congress to support the association recovery plan.