Source: Jonathan Lowe, SPECTRUM NEWS, 5/18/20

The cost of beef, pork, and other red meats have skyrocketed and restaurants are once again paying the price of this pandemic. Some operations have been forced to pass based on the cost, in hopes of surviving the shutdown. “We never would have made it without the government loan,” Matt Wohlfarth says. He owns the Dilworth Neighborhood Grill in Charlotte. His restaurant has been one of the lucky ones to make it this far. “When the government shuts you down for 9 or 10 weeks, it's hard,” Wohlfarth says. “Maybe impossible.”

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