In response to the state of emergency, the restaurant chain closed its business at 8:00 pm, but after that, there is a movement to continue taking it home and delivering it to home to secure sales as much as possible.
Skylark Holdings Co., Ltd., the largest restaurant chain, has decided to open its stores by 8:00 pm by the 12th of this month for about 1,500 restaurants such as "Gust" and "Bamiyan" in 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures.
Of these, the store in Mitaka, Tokyo, shortened its business hours from the 8th, and at 8:00 pm, employees started cleaning the inside of the store, such as cleaning up the drink bar facilities.
On the other hand, restaurant chains continue to take home and deliver to home even after the store is closed, trying to secure as much sales as possible.
At this store, the service was supposed to be provided until 9 pm, and the delivery staff immediately loaded the products on the motorcycle and the customers who took it home visited.
A woman in her 40s in Tokyo said, "I heard that business hours would be shortened and ordered a takeaway. I sometimes make it at home, but it helps because I have more choices for meals."
In this restaurant chain, take-out sales last month doubled from the same period last year, and home delivery also increased 1.5 times.
Takuo Sato, General Manager of Sales Division of Gust Central Japan Sales Division, said, "We have been working on infection control measures, but we take this request as extremely strict in terms of business performance and employment. Infection while firmly responding to customer needs. I want to wait for the convergence of. "