"White lover" resumed production for the first time in a month and a half.
Production of the main product "Shiroi Koibito", which had been suspended by a confectionery maker in Sapporo due to the spread of the new coronavirus, was resumed for the first time in a month and a half.
The spread of the infection has significantly reduced the number of tourists from Japan and abroad, and the demand for souvenirs has dropped. Sapporo's confectionery maker "Ishiya Seika" has suspended production of its main product "White Lover" from February 20. Had to be forced.
Afterwards, the company resumed production for the first time in a month and a half on the 9th, expecting demand in Hokkaido to be expected in addition to a gradual decrease in inventory. The plant was put into operation at a factory line in Kitahiroshima City, where employees were weighing boxes to check the number of products.
The company claims that it is difficult to recover full-scale sales due to the declaration of an emergency in Tokyo and other places, and has reduced the time to operate the factory to less than half of the usual time, and then remanufactured from 11th to the end of this month Is to stop.
Kazuhiro Yanagisawa, Deputy General Manager of the Ishiya Confectionery Business Administration Department, said, "It's not complete yet, but we're happy to be able to deliver the product to you, partly due to the start of production."