In the retail and restaurant industries, there is a growing movement to review the business on New Year's Day next year, such as increasing holidays in response to changes in employee work styles and consumer behavior due to the Corona disaster.
Of these, at supermarkets, "Life", which operates in the Tokyo metropolitan area and Kansai, will be closed for one day longer than before, and next year, New Year's three will be closed in principle, and "Yaoko", "Summit" and "Inageya" will be part of it. In principle, the store will be closed on the third day of the new year, except for the stores in.
In addition, the general supermarket "Ito-Yokado" will expand the number of stores closed on the first day to 38 stores mainly in the Kanto region, and the major convenience store "Lawson" has about 90 stores mainly in the office district in central Tokyo. During the year-end and New Year period, we will be closed and shortened business hours.
On the other hand, when eating out, "Royal Host" will be closed at most stores on New Year's Day, and "Gusto" and "Bamiyan" will shorten the business hours on New Year's Day from 11:00 am to 9:00 pm. ..
In the retail and restaurant industries, the corona sickness has increased the amount of time employees spend on infection control measures at stores, while consumers are increasingly shopping less often and refraining from group dinners. I have.
Behind the widespread review of New Year's business hours, it seems that there is also the aim of promoting work style reforms of employees and securing human resources in response to these changes.