Catering services
CEO Anna Heller stands in the small family-run Heller brewery in Cologne, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. Bars have been closed for over three months, Carnival celebrations are canceled and it’s not clear when things will get better. That's a big problem for Germany's many small brewers, which rely heavily on selling draft beer to bars and restaurants. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Lockdowns weigh on German beer sales, hurt small brewers

By Daniel Niemann Feb. 10, 2021 03:16 AM EST

Maider Laduche, owner of the Plazan bar, in Ascain, southwestern France, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, hangs banners outside his bar protesting of the closures due to the pandemic. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)
In Paris, restaurants, bistros and bars plead for work, aid

By John Leicester Dec. 14, 2020 01:30 PM EST

Owners of The Black Italian restaurant and catering service, Paula Hunter, left, and her husband Anthony Hunter in their empty restaurant in Louisville, Ky., Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. The Hunter's spun off their catering service into a restaurant but now, hit with a recent statewide order closing restaurants to indoor dining until mid-December, the couple is hoping for another round of federal aid to hang on until vaccines can conquer the virus. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Hardships mount in Kentucky as COVID-19 relief talks drag on

By Bruce Schreiner And Piper Hudspeth Blackburn Dec. 04, 2020 12:22 AM EST

Restaurant cards for Hawaii unemployed to arrive Friday

Oct. 16, 2020 10:07 AM EDT
HONOLULU (AP) — Restaurant cards for unemployed workers are expected to begin arriving in Hawaii mailboxes Friday, with the cards covering meals plus purchases...

Driver Frank Robinson confirms on his smart phone a delivery of food to a Brooklyn resident, left, Tuesday, July 7, 2020, in New York. The HUNGRY program "puts food on their table and it helps me to keep food on my table," says Robinson. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Virus forces catering platform to find new audience, purpose

By Mark Kennedy Jul. 09, 2020 10:44 AM EDT

A woman wearing a face mask to protect against the new coronavirus dances with a parasol at a public park in Beijing, Wednesday, June 10, 2020. China says its three latest cases of coronavirus infection were brought from outside the country. No new deaths were reported Wednesday and just a few dozen people remain in treatment for COVID-19. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
The Latest: SKorea reports 45 new COVID cases, most in Seoul

By The Associated Press Jun. 10, 2020 01:06 AM EDT