Family Mart Policy to allow short-time business November 14, 6:37
Convenience store business model based on 24-hour business will change significantly. FamilyMart decided to revise the contract in the spring of next year after deciding on a policy to allow short-term sales if the merchant wishes.
FamilyMart has approximately 16,000 franchise stores nationwide, and the contract with the headquarters is based on 24-hour operation.
However, there are some stores that are difficult to keep open 24 hours a day due to serious labor shortages, making it difficult to secure part-time jobs.
For this reason, the company decided to drastically review the current contract based on the assumption of 24-hour business, and established a policy to allow short-time business if the owner of the merchant wishes.
Under the new contract, you will be able to choose between two patterns: from Sunday midnight to the next morning, or closed every day at midnight.
We are going to consider closed hours from 11pm to 7am the next day in consultation with the headquarters.
On the other hand, for stores that are open 24 hours a day, the policy is to raise the subsidy based on 100,000 yen per month paid by the headquarters to 120,000 yen.
FamilyMart will confirm the intentions of all member stores and will make a new contract as early as next spring, but in a questionnaire survey conducted by the company in June, about 7,000 stores would like to consider short-term sales. Convenience store business model that assumes 24-hour business is likely to change drastically.
24 hours business review spread
There is a growing movement to review 24-hour business at major convenience stores.
The largest of these, Seven-Eleven Japan, has started full-time operations at eight stores since the first day of this month.
In addition, the company has compiled guidelines for reducing business hours.
According to this, the maximum time for late-night holidays is 8 hours from 11:00 pm to 7:00 am, and in principle, every day when closed at midnight.
However, if it is decided in advance, it is possible to open 24 hours only on the days that customers can expect.
On the other hand, in order to avoid confusion in the delivery of customers and products, it is not allowed to close late at night, such as New Year and Obon, and to set closed hours for each day of the week.
It ’s up to the owner of the store to decide whether it ’s closed late at night.
Lawson has long admitted that business hours can be shortened through a memorandum in addition to franchise agreements between merchants and headquarters.
According to the company, as of the day, 118 member stores have shortened their opening hours with the intention of the store.