It’s considered to add salt to the wound as the Salt and Brick restaurant in downtown Kelowna , B.C., announces its closure after some 10 years in business.

“This decision is probably the decision I should have made a year ago,” said owner Casey Greabeiel. “I really believed that maybe we could get it to turn around.”

The popular restaurant is the latest to be swallowed up by tough economic conditions.

“It just didn’t make business sense to be open any longer,” Greabeiel said.

Greabeiel is far from alone.

A new report released this week by Restaurants Canada paints a bleak outlook for the industry.

The Foodservices 2025 report reveals 75 per cent of Canadians are eating out less often due to the rising cost of living.

That number jumps to 81 per cent among younger generations aged

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