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Written by: Ouyang Dehao
2020-07-15 20:36
Last update date: 2020-07-15 20:48Hong Kong’s new coronary pneumonia epidemic has rebounded, and many restaurants have experienced group outbreaks. The government tightened the restraint order earlier, stipulating that dinning is not allowed from 6pm today (15th) to 5am the next day. 7th. To cope with the measures, many hot pot restaurants have closed their business and some of them have introduced take-out concessions and changed their business hours.
Some hotpot restaurant owners said that although they have introduced a set menu and a 25% discount to attract customers, as of 5:30 pm, they only received 1 hotpot takeaway reservation from a friend. Owners of skewers also pointed out that the taste of skewers is affected by the temperature and are not suitable for take-out. They also revealed that they will lose 6 digits per day after the closure of business.
The government tightened the restraint order earlier, stipulating that from today (15th) at 6pm to 5am the next day, no dine-in is allowed and only take-out is available. This reporter randomly called 15 hot pot restaurants this afternoon. Five of them only remain open during the day, four of them are closed all day, three of them provide night market takeaways, and three of them do not work. No news was announced on Facebook.
The government tightened the restraint order earlier, stipulating that from today (15th) at 6pm to 5am the next day, no dine-in is allowed and only take-out is available. (Information picture/photo by Luo Junhao)
Hotpot restaurant only has 10 takeaway reservations per night
Mr. Liang, the owner of "Shang Xian Seafood Restaurant", a hot pot restaurant that provides take-out service, revealed that he has prepared hot pot take-outs for 20 to 30 people today and expects to receive 10 reservations each night recently. But as of 5:30 in the afternoon, I only received one hotpot takeout reservation from a friend, "No, every single order is OK! There is only one friend list." He also pointed out that due to the short shelf life of seafood, I won't buy it for the time being, "I raise it if I get it. I don't want to waste it."
Mr. Leung continued that, in response to the ban on food orders, he decided to launch takeout packages for 2 and 4 persons, and offered a 25% discount to attract customers, and set up a free delivery service for purchases over 1,000 yuan. He admits that the discount can no longer be increased, and it is not ideal for stores to cut prices in the event of losses. He also revealed that, excluding rent, only "lamp oil and fire wax" and staff salaries still lose 20,000 to 30,000 yuan per day. When asked why he didn’t suspend business, he reluctantly responded, “If you don’t open it, you won’t even have a chance to make money.”
I believe that takeaway can definitely help the business
Mr. Cheng, the person in charge of the "616 Beef Hotpot Specialty Store", revealed in an interview in the afternoon that he has not received a reservation for hotpot takeout today. However, according to the experience of the tightening order in March, the volume of takeout business was about half of that of dine-in food. I believe that under the banned food order in the banned night market, take-out can help the business to a certain extent. He deduced that if the business was excluded, the daily loss of the entire group would reach 200,000 to 300,000 yuan. He also pointed out that in order for employees to maintain their work, the business hours have been adjusted to 12 noon and 9 pm.
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The skewers are not suitable for takeaway shops, no way to go out temporarily closed
Apart from the big impact on the hot pot restaurant, the owner of the skewers izakaya in Causeway Bay also said that because of the limitations of the dishes, it is impossible to "change". Only today will the store be temporarily closed. He explained that the taste of skewers is affected by the temperature and should not be taken out. Although he tried to operate in the afternoon market, he found that he would record a slight loss. He also pointed out that the kitchen of the skewer restaurant only has an oven and cannot make other food. He also revealed that after the suspension of business will lose 6 digits per day, if the situation continues, more than 10 employees will need to take unpaid leave. However, he emphasized that he did not consider closing the business, saying that "more than 10 employees would eat with me, and they would continue to do whatever they get."
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