6:29 on January 1 due to lack of labor and work style reform

In order to respond to labor shortages and work style reforms, demonstration tests have begun at some convenience store stores, mainly on New Year's Day. There is a growing trend in the restaurant chain to take leave during the year-end and New Year holidays, and business models that are open 24 hours a day and 7 days a week are at a turning point.

Lawson, one of the major convenience stores, is conducting a demonstration experiment between March 31 and 2, which will close 102 stores in 25 prefectures in total.

The store in Nakano, Tokyo, was closed from 10:00 pm on the 31st, and on the night of the 31st, employees removed onigiri and bread that expired during the holidays.

Mr. Hiroshi Maeda, who manages 36 stores in Tokyo including this store, said, "I am worried that customers will not leave due to the closure. I want to think about what to do in the future based on the results of the experiment." I was

At convenience stores, Seven-Eleven Japan is also conducting a demonstration experiment to close about 50 directly managed stores in the Tokyo metropolitan area around the New Year's Day, and at stores in Tokyo and Akasaka some people who visit stores without knowing that they are closed I was seen.

A 51-year-old man said, "If I tell you in advance of my leave, there is no problem, and I feel that it is too blessing to be open all year round."

The movement to close during the year-end and New Year holidays is also spreading among restaurant chains.

At Skylark Holdings, the largest family restaurant, 80% of the entire group, approximately 2,700 stores, are closed for the first time from 6:00 pm on the 31st to noon on the 1st.

A woman visiting a store in Koganei City, which was closed, said, "I think it would be good if employees could take a rest during the year-end and New Year holidays."

In this way, there is a growing trend in convenience stores and restaurant chains to respond to labor shortages and work style reforms, and business models that are open 24 hours a day and 7 days a week are at a turning point.