As the government considers a state of emergency, there is a growing movement among restaurant chains such as izakaya and family restaurants to consider taking closures and shortening business hours.
However, there is a chain that the request cannot be accepted due to the difficult management, and there is a possibility that future measures will be divided.
"Tsubohachi," which operates a chain of izakaya nationwide, has a government emergency declaration targeting Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, and Kanagawa, and is open until 8:00 pm without waiting for the declaration. We are considering closing directly managed stores in Tokyo and Kanagawa if the local government requests that the number be shortened.
We also call on franchise stores in 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures to respond to requests from the government and local governments.
In addition, the izakaya chains "Colowide" and "Watami" will make a decision after carefully examining the content of the request.
In addition, Royal Holdings, a major family restaurant, says that it "basically responds according to the request", and Skylark Holdings and Seven & i Food Systems, which operates "Denny's", also operate according to the request. I would like to consider shortening the time.
However, some izakaya chains, etc., say that their requests cannot be accepted due to difficult management, and there is a possibility that future responses will be divided.