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"Open lockdown": hosts in the Ebersberg district are back in the Corona-Strudel

2021-11-24T08:28:37.245Z


The Christmas party season is important business for restaurateurs in the Ebersberg district. The soaring corona numbers are a blow to the office.


The Christmas party season is important business for restaurateurs in the Ebersberg district.

The soaring corona numbers are a blow to the office.

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- Two weeks ago, the landlord Maximilian Mack was optimistic about the winter: "But since the 2G rule came into effect, I only have three out of 25 Christmas parties," says the owner of the Gasthof Purfinger Haberer (municipality of Vaterstetten) .

Again, most companies would skip celebrations and would rather make up for them from spring: summer party instead of Christmas party.

"All celebrations will be canceled," complains Elisabeth Kerschbaumer from the Hotel Gasthof Huber in Oberndorf near Ebersberg.

Whether it's birthdays, meetings, weddings or Christmas parties - cancellations are everywhere.

"I currently see this as an open lockdown: the costs continue to run, the income is missing," she says.

Innkeeper fears a 50 percent drop in sales

This is also confirmed by Franz Schwaiger, district chairman of the hotel and restaurant association in the district (Dehoga) and operator of the hotel and inn of the same name in Glonn: He fears about 50 percent less sales in December than before the pandemic - only thanks to the lack of Christmas parties.

“The biggest problem is people's fear,” he says.

The companies would be too afraid of infections.

It was the same with René Tiefnig and his Oldies Bar in Poing: “The Poinger Lions canceled their party out of concern about the incidences.

To party now would just be too bad a picture, ”said Poinger.

All other celebrations are also on the brink for him.

"They are not the drivers of incidence": restaurateurs see a risk of contagion in their private lives

The risk of infection lurks not in the restaurants, thanks to the hygiene measures that are observed, but in private life, the restaurateurs agree: "Because we are restricted, many prefer to celebrate in the private area, where nothing is checked," says Kerschbaumer.

"We as restaurateurs are not the incidence drivers," agrees Mack.

The curfew from 10 p.m. in particular is rather unsuitable for curbing the occurrence of the infection: "If a football game starts at 9 p.m., everyone has to go home at the second half and keep looking," says Schwaiger.

“They then go home and drink two or three pints and then there is another special,” fears Mack.

And nobody at home thinks about hygiene measures.

“It's a catastrophe,” says Kerschbaumer, describing the current political measures.

While the smaller restaurants have to pay careful attention to everything, 25,000 spectators in the football stadium are okay at the same time, she criticizes.

"I lose my hat string," says the manager.

“In the end, we are a control body from the state,” is how Schwaiger sums up the admission controls in the catering trade.

Reservations only noted down in pencil

Then there are the constantly changing measures: "I only write in our reservation book with a pencil," says Mack.

Because within one day, reservations would be made and canceled with the Purfinger.

“We have never had a change like this,” he says.

The fear of the complete closure is also palpable: For example, Tiefnig has already set up a mulled wine stand for the to-go business in Poing, including a Christmas tree sale.

Likewise, clubs have again assured the Gasthof Purfinger Haberer of their support should Mack have to switch back to the delivery business.

Employees also suffer from it

On top of that, the companies fear for their employees: "From July to September I was desperately looking for employees," remembers Schwaiger.

In October it was finally fully occupied again: “And now we unfortunately have to exhibit the people again,” complains the Glonner.

"That's the biggest joke about it." Mack tries to pay his employees their full salary all the time and hopes for income in 2022. "But cheer up, we can't do anything else anyway."

Read more news from the Ebersberg region here.

By the way: Everything from the region is now also available in our new, regular Ebersberg newsletter.

Source: merkur

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