About 50% of restaurant operators in Texas say they could be out of business in six months without some form of financial relief, a recent survey by the Texas Restaurant Association revealed.

While the Paycheck Protection Program has helped keep more people working, the ongoing pandemic has reduced demand, and higher capacity rates haven’t blunted the impact, Kelsey Erickson Streufert, vice president of Government Relations & Advocacy at the TRA, told The Center Square.