Restaurants are having a hard time getting back to routine - and not because of a shortage of diners
Even before the Corona, restaurateurs had difficulty recruiting young Israelis for kitchen work, even though they offered good wages, but the Knesset - and especially the spirit it brought with it, further distanced young workers from restaurants. Some restaurants reduced shifts or resorted to other solutions.
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07/04/2022
Thursday, 07 April 2022, 13:28
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We have been living next to the Corona plague for more than two years and the fifth wave is still here.
For the restaurant and cafe industry, the situation is far from ideal - and certainly not in the marketing department.
If at the beginning of the corona they thought that the main problem of the restaurateurs would be how to return the diners, then with each passing day it turns out that their main problem is how to complete the condition of the workers.
In the cliff of times they are forced to think of creative solutions like reducing places in restaurants, reducing operating hours, closing the restaurant at certain hours and even introducing robots that will cover the manpower shortage and provide service to diners.
The cessation of challah for young people has not yet changed the difficult situation of the restaurant market, and yet there are those who have found alternative solutions until the reality changes.
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Moving to one shift
The "Papi" restaurant in Eilat has been around for 38 years.
It is one of the oldest meat restaurants in Israel, and has experienced significant staff shortages.
The lack of workers and young people in the city of Eilat forced her to reduce her operating hours - she always worked between the hours of 12: 00-23: 00 and today she is forced to reduce her activity to only one shift for the waiters from 14:00 to 22:00.
Yonatan Shachar, the owner of the restaurant, notes: "Currently, I do not see the results of the ceasefire.
I hope it will come, since we are still having a very hard time recruiting employees for a variety of positions, this is the biggest problem of the period.
People got used to not working, and especially many left the city of Eilat.
Bringing them back to work takes time.
The solution that is currently best for us is to reduce the hours of operation, the whole idea is basically to move to one shift instead of two and thus save half the number of employees. "
Puppy Restaurant.
After 38 years, she had to make a change (Photo: Yachz)
Social conditions do not interest young people
The "Modern" restaurant at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem has been operating for over 10 years.
Currency location is greatly affected by the state of tourism.
In addition, the lack of work of the tourism agents from the event producers from abroad and the tour guides on which it is based, causes the events complex and the restaurant to work on only about 40% occupancy, with the Corona
period characterized by an inability to plan ahead.
These challenges required us to make adjustments such as entering into the issue of shipments with external companies, which we were previously unable to deal with due to the congestion. "
Regarding the manpower crisis in the industry, he explains:" For young people who are used to receiving free money from the state for the sick without working.
The entry of WOLT and the other apostolic societies that flourished during the quarantine period allowed thousands of young people who wanted to work, to meet money from work during the corona, and even good money,
Terms of employment, pension, social security, etc. do not really interest them at this stage in life.
An option of working in black money has also developed.
"Even before the Corona, less Israelis wanted to work in the kitchen. This is considered a relatively difficult job for them. A significant number of young people see the growing gaps in their earning capacity compared to their peers, their peers who work in high-tech companies.
Tzafrir says that despite the above, "I believe things will take a turn for the worse in a few months and the waitress jobs will be re-staffed. Still, this is the preferred, most convenient and flexible job for students and young people before the big trip. We have employers. "
"We believe things will take a turn."
Modern Restaurant (Photo: PR)
A solution, at this stage - at least in part, to the manpower shortage, is offered by temi, a company that specializes in robotics and artificial intelligence.
The company develops, manufactures and sells a variety of robotic platforms with autonomous navigation capabilities and artificial intelligence.
The platforms serve as an efficient and cost-effective workforce at a negligible monthly average cost.
The robot operates non-stop and performs various and daily operations according to the customer's needs.
Yumengs and Benedict are already providing service through their robots.
"During the Corona period, we saw a significant jump in the robot's sales, because there was a shortage of manpower in all the relevant industries we work with, which mainly consist of providing service or medicine," says Yossi Wolf, chairman and co-founder of temi. The restaurants that suffered severe damage during the spread of the virus and from the various instructions given during the last two years. "
The temi robot helps with the recruitment crisis by helping to provide customer service, and in fact allows restaurant employees to take on other tasks and alleviate their workload, Wolf explains and concludes: "We have already started working with several restaurants in the country and we are in the rest of the world."
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