According to Yelp Data, since June 15, restaurants have been permanently shutting at a 60% rate. This activity resulted in 15,000 shuttered diners at that time. Businesses have strumbled to keep up with pandemic-led overhead costs and decreased profits resulting from lesser foot traffic. Many notable third-party delivery platforms like DoorDash, Postmates, and Grubhub have offered discounts and loan programs to ease the financial burden of restaurant owners. DoorDash added a DoorDash Weblinks program to manage online orders for restaurants. The delivery firm also partnered with Kiva, a nonprofit financial firm, to offer loans to Black-owned restaurants. Uber Eats initiated an in-app feature to allow diners to donate to eateries directly. Grubhub founded a program to support Hispanic-owned restaurants.

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