Convenience restaurant chain Expanding holidays during the New Year holidays December 27 7:01

Only 5 days to go, supermarkets in Tokyo are busy preparing lucky bags for the first sale in the New Year. On the other hand, major convenience stores and restaurant chains are increasingly closing off during the year-end and New Year holidays in response to labor shortages.

Aeon, a major supermarket, is expected to open most stores during the year-end and New Year holidays. Among them, the store in Itabashi, Tokyo, has begun arranging lucky bags to be sold for the first time.

This year-end and New Year holiday, when nine holidays can be expected, we expect that more people will enjoy meals at home, etc., and that we have increased the assortment of lucky bags of food to 25 types.

Aeon Style Itabashi's Chief Yasutaka Toriuchi says, "I think that more and more people are going to rest during the New Year, so I hope you enjoy the New Year shopping."

On the other hand, major convenience stores and restaurant chains are increasingly closing some stores during the year-end and New Year holidays as part of measures to address labor shortages and reform work styles.

Among them, at convenience stores, Lawson will be closed from Omisoka to January 2 in a total of 102 stores in offices and other areas, and Seven-Eleven Japan will be closed at approximately 50 directly managed stores in the Tokyo metropolitan area, mainly on the New Year's Day. Perform a demonstration experiment.

In addition, Skylark Holdings, the largest family restaurant, has about 2700 stores, 80% of the entire group, including Gust and Bamiyan. The host also decides to close Omizoka and New Year's Day.