While the severe situation continues for restaurants due to the influence of the new coronavirus, restaurants in the form of "ghost restaurants" that specialize in delivery without seats are attracting attention.

In a corner of the building in Minato-ku, Tokyo, the Italian restaurant "Ghost Restaurant", which has about 100 stores nationwide, has been open since October last year.



Many tablets are installed in the kitchen inside the store.

Orders are accepted by the delivery service, and when the order is displayed on the tablet, it is cooked in the kitchen and delivered to the delivery staff.



The kitchen is next to the operating company's office and was previously used for cooking training and menu development for employees.

According to the operating company, sales of the entire group temporarily dropped to about 30% due to the impact of the new corona, but then gradually recovered.



However, the second state of emergency has reduced business hours, which means that it has been affected again.



The operating company analyzes that the advantages of "ghost restaurant" are that the initial investment can be significantly reduced and that the menu is not printed so it is easy to change.



Yutaka Sakasegawa, Deputy General Manager of Marketing Department of the operating company, said, "Restaurant is in a difficult situation due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, and the company needs to manage to protect employment." Ghost restaurant "is one of the means. I want to put more effort into it. "