[Emergency Declaration Life Information] Restaurant Chain Response April 9 13:46
Restaurant chains are taking measures to shorten business hours, for example, in areas where unnecessary urgent outings or requests to refrain from going out at night have been issued. In response to the Declaration of Emergency, we are increasing the number of stores that shorten sales, and Starbucks, the largest coffee chain, has been closed since April 9 at stores in seven prefectures.
family restaurant
Skylark Holdings, which operates Gust and Jonathan, has shortened its late-night operations at approximately 2,500 stores in the target areas of the declaration, Tokyo, Chiba, Saitama, Kanagawa, Osaka, Hyogo, and Fukuoka. It is closed at the time. The company has a policy of strengthening the system by increasing the number of personnel for home delivery and takeout.
Royal Holdings has shortened business hours until May 6 with Royal Hosts in 7 prefectures. The 13 stores in central Tokyo are open until 6pm on weekdays, and are closed on weekends and holidays. The other 140 stores in the seven prefectures will be open until 9 PM. In areas other than the seven prefectures, business is normal, but it may change depending on the situation.
Saizeriya has been reducing business hours at stores nationwide until May 6. Stores are closed at 8:45 p.m. in principle in seven prefectures and at 9:45 p.m. in other areas. Also, if you are in a shopping center, you will be asked to correspond to each store, and from the afternoon of April 9, you will be closed at about 80 stores in 7 prefectures, Hokkaido and Ibaraki.
Otoya Holdings, which runs Otoya, has decided to shorten its business hours and cut 61 business hours in 114 of its 347 stores, including franchise stores, in seven prefectures subject to declaration. Stores that open are two hours ahead of time, generally from 11am to 8pm.
fast food
McDonald's has already taken measures to stop operating at some stores in Tokyo 24 hours a day, but is gradually increasing the number of stores that can shorten nighttime hours, temporarily close, and take-out only. The target is about 550 stores, or about 40% of the 1,392 stores in seven prefectures, and we will consider expanding the target based on the future situation.
Kentucky Fried Chicken has reduced its business hours by two hours from late March, mainly in the Kanto and Kansai regions, and in principle, by 8:00. However, based on the declaration, approximately 550 All stores are shortened. In addition, it is said that there is place to be closed depending on the situation of commercial facilities to move in. Some regions outside of the seven prefectures have shortened sales at the request of local governments.
Coffee chain
In light of the declaration, major coffee chains Starbucks and Doutor Coffee have closed their directly managed stores in the seven prefectures in which they were targeted.
Starbucks, the largest store in Japan, has been shortening sales until 7:00 p.m. in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama until now, but after receiving the declaration, it will be subject to declaration for the time being from April 9 Stores in seven prefectures are closed, in principle. The target stores are about 850 stores, which is more than half of 1530 nationwide. However, some stores continue to operate while reducing time. In other areas, we will further increase the space between seats and shorten sales hours until 7 PM.
In addition to Doutor, which ranks second in Japan in terms of the number of stores, Doutor Coffee, which operates Excelsior, etc., will have a policy of closing approximately 250 directly managed stores in 7 prefectures in principle from April 8 to May 6. However, some stores continue to operate while reducing time. The franchise stores will consult with each store.
While the top two companies in the industry take leave, there are some companies that continue to operate while preventing infection.
Komeda Holdings, which operates mainly in Aichi Prefecture and operates Komeda's coffee shop, which is the third largest store in Japan, has about 350 stores in 7 prefectures closed due to shortening of night business hours and the situation of commercial facilities in which they are moving. While there is a possibility, he wants to continue operating as much as possible.
The fourth place, Tully's, decided to increase the number of closed stores to approximately 150 stores and shortened sales to approximately 300 stores in 7 prefectures from April 8, based on the declaration, out of approximately 750 stores nationwide. Wants to continue.
Large beef bowl chain
All three major gyudon chains are considering shortening business hours.
Sukiya has decided to stop offering alcohol at stores in seven prefectures in an effort to shorten the stay time.
The Yoshinoya and Matsuya are also considering shortening business hours at stores in seven prefectures.