The number of people who used the restaurant during the week from the 25th to the 31st of last month, when the request for shortening the time to the restaurant was completely lifted, increased in 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures as a whole, but it was 9:00 pm According to private survey results, the number of people who used the service during the later hours was almost flat.
Toreta, an IT company in Tokyo that provides reservation and customer management systems to restaurants, is investigating the number of customers visiting about 3,000 stores in one of the three prefectures in the Tokyo metropolitan area.
According to this, the number of customers visiting the restaurant during the week from the 25th to the 31st of last month, when the request for shortening the time to restaurants was lifted in Tokyo, increased by 11.3% compared to the previous week.
By time zone, "from 5 pm to 9 pm" increased by 15.8% and "from 11 am to 3 pm" increased by 5%.
On the other hand, the usage of "from 9:00 pm to midnight of the next day" in the late hours decreased by 0.9%, which was almost the same as the previous week, and there was no significant change due to the cancellation of the time saving request. bottom.
The company that investigated this reason said, "Many people may still be reluctant to go through multiple restaurants or eat and drink late in the day as before. Due to labor shortages. The fact that some stores close early may also affect the number of customers. "