New Orleans burger joints have been struggling to recruit staff 11 weeks after Hurricane Katrina laid it to waste.
Burger King has been offering $6,000 signing bonuses.
Only 40 of McDonald’s staff at the Jefferson Parish branch have returned.
The strip clubs on Bourbon Street are back in business and the beignets are sizzling again at the Cafe du Monde.
The Times 12/11/05 page 46-47
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