“I don’t know what our future holds.” Owners of small essential businesses are navigating the challenges of staying open during a pandemic. Watch the full video here:
Essential businesses are providing vital services to communities around the country during the coronavirus pandemic.They're shifting business models, running on low supply, letting go of employees, or losing staff members due to the virus, trying to remain open despite losing key business.
Meanwhile, running his three grocery stores has been possible but extremely difficult. He says most of his days are spent trying to persuade scared employees to come to work, making sure the stores are supplied and keeping up with the surge in online sales. Changes in spending habits is one of the most immediate impacts of the pandemic. Data on credit card transactions indicate that spending has dropped in most categories except for groceries and alcohol. But for Jonathan Goldstein, who is the co-owner of Park Avenue Liquor Shop, located in midtown Manhattan, this has not been the case.
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