Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 1 (Reporter Gao Jie, Yuan Junbao) Tomacado, a well-known online celebrity shop in Beijing, once launched a takeaway package on the first day after resuming work. The founder Karen told reporters that the loss in February was probably At around 3 million yuan, they have reduced the number of tables and chairs even after the business is resumed, hoping to make the dining guests farther apart.
"Even if there are not many diners, we still insist on decorating the restaurant with flowers. We hope that the guests who come to the store can see the power of natural life. Now restaurants have poured into the takeaway circuit, but we have almost no experience in takeaway." The original salary, rent and other expenses also increased the cost of disinfection materials, but what worried Karen was the single purchase channel and longer transportation time.
The head of a fast-food chain restaurant company in Jinan also calculated a bill for the reporter. His company has 5 stores in Jinan. Only one of them is now open, and the turnover is only about 10% of the original. The month is close to 100,000 yuan, which is the biggest pressure.
Many people choose to "home" as far as possible to avoid being infected at home, and service industries such as wholesale and retail, catering, accommodation, logistics and transportation have been affected, and these industries are the areas where SMEs with poor anti-risk capabilities are more concentrated. It is related to the national economy and the people's livelihood. Whenever there is a crisis, it will be difficult and difficult. Relevant measures have been issued from the central government to local governments to support SMEs in actively responding to the impact of the epidemic, reducing the burden on credit, rent and social security, and helping practitioners in the service industry to overcome difficulties. However, in the situation where the prevention and control situation is still grim, in addition to waiting for the implementation of policies, practitioners are also actively helping themselves to cope with the changes in the market situation in the future.
Many heads of the catering industry have organized employees to reduce the price of food prepared before the sale to reduce losses, and some practitioners are also exploring the establishment of their own take-out channels in addition to the resources of the existing take-out platform. Haidilao is one of them. A family.
"We use WeChat groups to attract residents near the store to join. Every day we offer special dishes and discount packages. We also give away small toys. We prepare meals and deliver meals based on residents' orders. We also increase user engagement through interactive quizzes on WeChat groups. Sex, "said a Beijing-based staff member at Haidilao.
Many more institutions hope to bring a little warmth to SMEs. The China Development Bank, the Agricultural Development Bank of China, and the Export-Import Bank of China have also actively played the role of "national team" recently, increased credit support, and optimized loans. Interest rates, and fully protect the supply of food and important agricultural products. The reporter also learned from the Liuzhou Power Supply Bureau of Guangxi that in order to provide enterprises with high-quality power supply services for resumption of work and strengthen the response to power supply services, the Liuzhou Power Supply Bureau has decided to adopt arrears of electricity for residents and key epidemic prevention customers who did not pay the electricity bill in January 2020 in time Measures to not charge liquidated damages to ensure the normal use of electricity by enterprises and residents. In addition, they also completed transformer suspension procedures for more than 500 enterprises, and reduced or reduced the basic electricity bill for enterprises by about 7 million yuan.
"Rescuing small and medium-sized enterprises in distressed situations is vital to the long-term development of the economy. We can only base ourselves on our industry and do our part, but I believe that when the spring blooms end, sometimes the epidemic will always end. We will continue to do a good job of ending the epidemic. "Dai Guoguo, director of the Liuzhou Power Supply Bureau of Southern Power Grid Guangxi Power Grid Co., Ltd. said.
"The epidemic has actually accelerated the reshuffle and reshaping of the industry to a certain extent. The key to the success of the company's" self-help "is to identify business opportunities from the crisis, seek alternatives to online business, and adjust business models and operating strategies as soon as possible to adapt to consumption. Consumers ’changed consumption habits." Said Wang Zhongwu, a sociology professor at Shandong University.