Daily Youxian supplier broke the news: There was a problem of payment collection half a year ago, and the arrears exceeded 60 million
On the afternoon of July 29, a number of daily premium fresh suppliers told the first financial reporter that since the end of last year, there have been problems with the daily premium fresh payments, and the amount owed by the suppliers currently exceeds eight figures.
Just the day before, there were rumors that Daily Youxian announced its dissolution in situ after the meeting that afternoon, and the employees did not receive resignation compensation and wages.
Yicai learned that at present, hundreds of suppliers have joined together to form a debt collection group, hoping to recover the payment for the goods.
Suppliers have sorted out the various amounts owed by Youxian every day. In addition to various fresh commodities, they also include maintenance fees, furniture fees, garbage removal fees, and cold storage maintenance fees.
Up to now, a total of 72 suppliers have filled in the amount of arrears, with a total arrears of more than 65.94 million yuan.
Among them, the largest payment amounted to 4.01 million yuan, which was the cold storage project of the daily excellent fresh store.
In this regard, a fruit, vegetable and dairy product supplier told the First Financial Reporter that at present, Youxian owes more than 700,000 yuan in payment for goods every day, and also has a deposit of 60,000 yuan.
The supplier said that he has been supplying daily excellent fresh for more than 5 years, and the monthly turnover is basically around 200,000.
Since December 2021, there has been a problem with the payment collection of Daily Youxian. After that, after the two parties negotiated the supplier's continued supply, Daily Youxian has also successively collected payments.
By the end of June this year, there was no refund at all.
At the same time, the above-mentioned suppliers stated that the relevant docking employees of Daily Youxian are not clear about the company's situation.
Although the docking employee can still be contacted at present, the employee also experienced the "dissolution" incident on July 28.
After working normally on July 27, the above-mentioned employee was notified by the company to "dismiss" the next afternoon, and was owed wages at the same time.
Regarding the possibility of rights protection, the above-mentioned suppliers said, "There is no way to protect rights. Even if the lawsuit is won, there is no enforceable property, because the company's office, including computers, is rented."
The above-mentioned supplier said that in addition to Daily Youxian, it also cooperates with Tmall, JD.com and Dingdong Maicai. He said, "We are all worried about whether other platforms will also explode. The suppliers in this rights protection group are all familiar with each other. It will also be encountered on other platforms.”
There are also suppliers who have successfully received payment.
A fruit and vegetable supplier told Yicai.com that she has cooperated with Daily Youxian since 2018 and found that there was a problem with the payment in January this year.
By the end of March, Daily Youxian defaulted on its rental basket deposit of 55,000 yuan, a quality guarantee deposit of 30,000 yuan, and a payment of over 190,000 yuan.
In April this year, the supplier sued Qingdao Sunshine Technology Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Daily Fresh, to the court. After winning the case, the supplier successfully got the payment back in July this year.
Although there are successful cases in the past, more suppliers said that the current number of suppliers is too large, "it's too late to go to the legal process", and there is little hope of getting the payment back.
Some suppliers also expressed in the group, "I hope Xu Zheng will return to Beijing as soon as possible and take up the responsibility." In this regard, Yicai tried to contact the relevant person in charge of Daily Youxian to understand Xu Zheng's whereabouts, but no reply has been received as of press time.
In addition to suppliers, employees also expressed that they were "pitted" by Daily Youxian.
On the afternoon of July 28, Daily Youxian informed employees through a voice conference that the company had not received the previous 200 million yuan investment, and there was no extra money in the company's account, and more than 500 employees were notified to resign.
Some employees told Yicai that the company has so far owed her wages for June and July, as well as delayed social security payments for May, June and July.
The biggest headache for employees is the issue of social security. "The core social security payment was delayed by the company in May and June. According to the existing policy, only whoever delays the payment will pay. As a result, they cannot pay for it, and the social security is completely cut off." In addition, the company does not have any severance compensation, so the employees decided to adopt collective arbitration to protect their rights.
Regarding the current problems, Daily Youxian stated on its official website that in July Shanxi Donghui agreed to make an equity investment of 200 million yuan in it. As of July 28, the transaction has not been completed, and the company has not received Shanxi Donghui's any funds.
As a result, the company had to make significant adjustments to its sustainable business strategy, including temporarily closing its on-demand distributed mini-warehouse (DMW) service and optimizing its workforce.
These material adjustments are expected to have a material adverse effect on the company's financial results.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the on-demand DMW business contributed approximately 85% of the company's total net revenue.
Companies will decide whether and when to reopen on-demand DMW operations based on the evolution of their business.
Financing and business operations.
The company will make every effort to maintain the normal operation of the next-day delivery business, smart fresh food business and retail cloud business.