China News Service Client, Beijing, June 22 (Peng Jingru) "Compared with the previous strategy, only two or three tables of diners are eating alone." This is a series of restaurants in the South Road of College of Haidian District, Beijing. The scene at dinner time.

  Recently, in the newly confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Beijing, side dishes, chefs, and waiters have successively "stroke", so that the newly revived Beijing restaurants have once again entered the "war epidemic" moment.

On June 18, there was only one customer at a restaurant in Xicheng District, Beijing. Photo by Peng Jingru

Sin Fat-Salmon-Japanese Restaurant

  On June 11, a confirmed case broke the record of zero new diagnoses in Beijing in more than 50 days.

  According to the data and case details published by the Beijing Municipal Health Commission and the Beijing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of June 21, 236 new cases were confirmed in 12 days. Among them, most have a history of working in the Xinfadi market, or have been directly or indirectly exposed to the Xinfadi market. The new place has even become a "synonym" for a new round of outbreaks in Beijing.

  On the 11th, the diagnosed patient was the "strongest brain" Xicheng Uncle Tang. In the process of interrogation, Uncle Tang especially went to Xinfadi to buy seafood on June 3 and made a short stay. Describe accurately.

  With the transfer of personnel to the Xinfadi, on the evening of the 12th, Zhang Yuxi, chairman of the Beijing Xinfadi wholesale market, said in an interview with the media: "The relevant department detected the new crown virus from the cutting board of imported salmon during the random inspection."

  For a time, the salmon was pushed to the top. The major e-commerce platforms, supermarkets, restaurants have removed salmon and related products overnight, and even because of consumer concerns, even the demand for seafood products has also been affected. Japanese food shops that are famous for raw food such as sashimi have been the first to be affected in the catering industry.

  "I miss the hand-milled wasabi in that Japanese food shop, but now I choose to meet rather than miss it." Japanese material lover Mr. Yang said that now he dare not face the fresh food nowadays, after all Don't dare to stop drinking.

  Although at the Beijing Epidemic Prevention and Control Conference on the 16th, Shi Guoqing, an expert from the expert group of the National Health and Health Commission, said that there is currently no evidence to show that salmon is the host or intermediate host of the new coronavirus. But the impact of the "salmon storm" continues. "Our turnover decreased by 80% year-on-year." said He Shiyuan, founder and CEO of the Japanese brand chain Murakamiichi.

On June 20, residents of Beijing’s Xicheng City received nucleic acid testing. China News Service reporter photo

Vegetable vendor-restaurant buyer-chef-waiter

  The epidemic affected more than salmon and Japanese food shops.

  As a big "vegetable basket" and a big "fruit plate" in Beijing, Xinfadi undertakes more than 80% of the capital's agricultural supply. With the outbreak of the new place, many people worry that people who have been to the new market in the food market, restaurants and other related industries will also be infected by the diagnosed vegetable merchants.

  Case 1, the restaurant garnisher, whose restaurant supplier is Xinfadi Market.

  Case 2, the restaurant waiter and its restaurant supplier are the new market.

  Case 3, a restaurant buyer and a chef, once went to Xinfadi Market to purchase.

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  With the gradually announced cases, it is no longer just that the work unit is the staff of the new market, but more people who work in restaurants, including buyers, waiters, cooks, side dishes, etc. Beijing's catering industry, which has just taken half a step, has also been implicated.

  "Recent sales have been almost restored recently, and the epidemic rebounded and fell off at once." Liu Qinggang, the founder of Pirate Shrimp Rice, told the media.

  According to Liu Qinggang, when the period of the Spring Festival was the lowest, there was less than 100,000 yuan a day in daily sales. At that time, dine-in food was almost gone, so the focus was adjusted to vigorously develop takeaways. "Slowly, the take-out has returned to 20%-30% of the same period last year, until the (sales) basically recovered last month, even higher than the same period last year."

On June 19, a restaurant in Haidian District, Beijing. Photo by Peng Jingru

  Chinanews learned from many restaurants that compared with before, the stores are currently open normally, but the number of people going to restaurants has declined.

  "It will still open as usual," said the staff of Haidilaomen Store in the public welfare West Bridge shopping mall in Fengtai District, Beijing. Fengtai District is the hardest hit area, but the public welfare West Bridge is the only "clean land" nearby shown on the map. "However, the number of people currently dining may have to pay attention. The former 8-person table can only seat 4 people now."

  The catering industry is recognized as "one of the industries most affected by the epidemic." In 2020, after the outbreak of the New Crown Pneumonia outbreak, on January 31, Xibei Chairman Jia Guolong once called for help: "The cash flow on the account can't resist for three months." At that time, due to the state of the whole family, the catering industry was facing "life and death. ".

  "At this time, Beijing is going to return to the status of a national chef?"

  On the 18th, Miss Wang expressed this in the circle of friends after seeing the news that “7 people in a restaurant in Beijing were diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia”, and was thankful that she had hoarded the food in advance. She also took advantage of the e-commerce "6.18" to snap up a lot of necessities. "The cooking skills she had practiced during the previous home isolation can finally come in handy. I must have made it more delicious than then!"

Takeaway- the straw of "continuing life " ?

  In response to the impact of the epidemic, many catering brands began to switch to takeout. Now, how is the takeout business of the catering industry in Beijing?

  "Hungry in the past few days, the business progress in Beijing has been generally stable, and users' demand for grocery shopping has increased." The head of Beijing, who is hungry, said in a consultation on Chinanews.com on the 20th.

  Riders coming and going on the streets of Beijing also seem to prove that the takeaway business is still acceptable.

  On the 18th, at lunchtime, in Xicheng District, Beijing, a take-out brother used the take-out box as a table board, grabbed a couple of meals, and then buckled up his helmet and set off again. And his companion is stacking another takeout box on the takeout box in order to give more.

  A staff member of a Thai restaurant in Xicheng District of Beijing told Zhongxin.com that the take-out business is still normal. If the guests are really uneasy about dining at the store, they will also suggest ordering take-out directly.

On June 18th, the takeaway little brother who was resting in the Beijing area. Photo by Peng Jingru

  "Since June 11, the order volume of take-out has risen by about 20%." Wang Lewu, co-founder of the wooden house barbecue, said that although the flow of dine-in customers has declined, there is no plan to close dinning. The relevant person in charge of the well-established Songhe Tower also said that the online takeaway situation is okay.

  But for safety reasons, some white-collar workers who ordered take-out before chose to bring their own meals or buy convenience food or self-heating food. "You can wait for the epidemic to go to the restaurant and order takeaway." Miss Wang said, after all, good meals are not afraid of being late.

  "When the passenger flow is affected, the basic conditions of survival are gone without relying on takeaways." Food industry analyst Zhu Danpeng believes that the key to this situation is to take out takeaways.

Line of defense-all nucleic acid detection of takeaways

  But in the face of the epidemic, the food delivery industry that Beijing's catering industry relies on is not without challenges. As more restaurant staff are diagnosed, it has become a question and worry for many people whether the food delivery staff who are traveling between restaurants and consumers are infected.

  On the 20th, Zhang Qiang, deputy head of the Beijing New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Working Group and deputy director of the Municipal Party Committee Organization Department, said at the press conference that nucleic acid testing gave priority to detecting high-risk individuals in the epidemic-related markets and surrounding communities. It has also conducted large-scale nucleic acid tests on employees in the catering, supermarket, and bazaar markets, residents in 36 medium and high-risk streets, township residents, and employees in the express delivery food delivery industry.

The takeaway brother is undergoing nucleic acid testing. Photo courtesy of Meituan.

  According to Chinanews.com, in order to provide more reliable services to the public, Beijing's express delivery companies and takeaway companies have recently arranged couriers and takeaways to perform nucleic acid detection for all employees. On the evening of the 19th, SF Express Brother went to the designated nucleic acid detection points in various districts overnight to perform nucleic acid detection.

  On the 20th, I was hungry and told Chinanews.com that all Blue Knights in the Beijing area will carry out nucleic acid testing in batches. It is expected to complete all this week. The first batch of test results will be negative; previously, there were riders with records of running orders in epidemic risk areas. The order has been suspended, nucleic acid testing has been conducted and the house has been segregated according to regulations.

  Meituan also stated that it has suspended orders for riders who have placed orders in Beijing’s high-risk areas, undergoing nucleic acid testing and quarantine at home for 14 days. In addition, according to government prevention and control requirements, comprehensive nucleic acid testing will be conducted for riders across the Beijing area. The App function for users to check the nucleic acid detection status of businesses and riders is expected to be fully launched in Beijing next week.

The fireworks in Beijing are still there, but just flashed

  "Current business hours are unchanged, and all staff have performed nucleic acid testing," a person in charge of a Haidilao store in Fengtai District told Zhongxin.com, "Although there is free nucleic acid testing, we basically choose to avoid delays in the queue. At your own expense."

  "Although the Beijing epidemic has an impact on the catering industry, the overall trend is still optimistic." Zhu Danpeng said, "The epidemic in the previous period was nationwide. The catering logistics chain, supply chain, and upstream resources are basically closed. This time only In the Beijing area, the people have a certain adaptability, and catering companies have a relatively complete corresponding method."

On June 18, a restaurant in Xicheng District, Beijing was open for business and received dine-in meals. Peng Jingru

  In the evening, a northern Shaanxi restaurant in Xicheng District, Beijing, burst into fragrance. In front of the store, "This restaurant does not accept group dinners", the boss explained: "Dinners are still done normally, and the staff have completed nucleic acid testing, but dinners with too many people are currently not possible." The reporter observed On some tables, the "spacing table does not sit on people" prompt is placed.

  "Resume dine-in, welcome." Roadside restaurants along the street often use such signage tips to tell customers that the fireworks they miss are still there. However, followed by a number of warm tips: "Today has been disinfected" "Please wear a mask, line up to maintain a 1-meter spacing" "Whereever enter the store, please take your temperature first".

  When the nucleic acid detection of the food delivery staff is settled, the diners who are happy to show the health treasure into the store may help Beijing's food and beverage industry get out of the cold winter and usher in the "summer solstice". (Finish)