As the spread of the new coronavirus continues, a private research company examined the number of stores in 11 major restaurant chains and found that more than 670 stores have decreased nationwide over the past year.
Credit bureau Tokyo Shoko Research has investigated changes in the number of stores over the past year for 11 major restaurant chains such as family restaurants with sales of over 20 billion yen.
According to this, the total number of stores operated by 11 companies is 8437, which is 678 in one year, a decrease of more than 7%.
Some restaurant chains have decreased by more than 20%, and it seems that the movement to close unprofitable stores has spread due to the fact that the new coronavirus has caused the number of customers, especially families and young people, to move away.
Mr. Akiyoshi Futaki of Tokyo Shoko Research said, "Because it costs money to maintain stores, there is a risk that the third emergency declaration will accelerate the closing of stores, especially unprofitable stores. Employment such as part-time jobs will also be affected. That's right. "