Last month's sales of major food service chains across the country fell 7.8% from the same month last year, the first increase in three months due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection.
According to the Japan Food Service Association, sales of major restaurant chains nationwide last month fell 7.8% from the same month last year.
Infection with the new coronavirus spread again, and in late Tokyo and Osaka Prefecture requested restaurants to shorten business hours, and the rate of decrease increased by 2.1 points from the previous month and October 3 It expanded for the first time in a month.
By type of business,
▽ "Pubs / Izakaya" had the largest decline of -42.8%,
followed by
▽ "Dinner restaurant", which has large sales per customer, decreased by 26.6%. It is especially worse in the business format.
On the other hand, “fast food” exceeded 0.9% due to growing demand for take-out and home delivery.
According to the Japan Food Service Association, "Last month, as the number of infected people increased, the number of customers went away every week, and the recovery trend slowed down until October. While demand for year-end parties and New Year's parties could not be expected, there were requests for shorter hours. I think the number of customers will be even further away. "