Carole Ferry 6:21 a.m., December 2, 2021
Thanks to the implementation of the health pass, restaurant attendance had picked up again.
But in recent days, and the resurgence of the epidemic, the catering industry has experienced a severe cold as Christmas approaches.
An activity "linked to the morale of the French" according to a boss.
However, the activity had started well, especially since the implementation of the health pass.
But in recent days, it has been clear that customers go to restaurants less.
Buffalo Grill and Courtepaille, for example, recorded a 5% drop in turnover.
Same concern for Philippe Berry, the managing director of Hippopotamus and Leon.
"These are activities that are strongly linked to the morale of the French. So, when the French have morale, they actually consume very heavily outside. There, we see that there is a resumption of the pandemic and we has observed for ten days a decrease in activity compared to what it was previously ".
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End-of-year corporate meals canceled
Christmas and New Year's bookings also had a big chill, even if those who had already booked are not canceling all, for the moment.
Today, those who are going back, it is especially the large tables of companies, according to Pascal Mousset, owner of the restaurant Chez Françoise, in Paris.
“Today I have a table of 60 and a table of 30 people who called me to cancel their lunch next week, which were traditionally year-end lunches. And I see that a lot of my colleagues tell me about such situations ".
With the fear, of course, of losing turnover when state aid has almost all been abolished.