Duval County

Local businesses reinvent themselves to survive COVID-19 pandemic

Jacksonville, Fla. — The pandemic has been anything but easy for local businesses.

Despite slightly reopening, it’s still tough to make ends meet.

That’s why one local restaurant is saying goodbye to their brick and mortar shop to hit to go mobile.

The Sugar Cane Restaurant, in Atlantic Beach, had a hard time, like most restaurants, trying to make ends meet during this pandemic.

It just so happened that their lease was up in the middle of the stay-at-home order in Jacksonville.

So with no place to operate, they’re now going mobile.

Due to the pandemic and current guidelines, the owner Derek Martin, feels it’s safer and a better business model moving forward.  

Hear from him and a local economist tonight on Action News Jax at 10 and 11.  

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