China News Service, May 11 (Xinhua) According to New Zealand's Skyway Network, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Aden announced on the afternoon of the 11th that New Zealand will officially enter a level 2 alarm state on Thursday, May 13 The industry will be able to reopen.
However, while the catering industry greeted this good news, some stores also expressed concern about the prospects.
The hot pot restaurant on the north bank of Auckland's Albany is also one of the restaurants that decided to reopen under the level 2 alarm, but Meiling manager Meiling expressed concern about the reporter. She said: "Under the level 2 alarm, although the restaurant is open for business, there are many restrictions on our stores and customers, and both sides are affected."
Meiling said that in accordance with the government's level 2 alert rules, each table guest can only be served by a designated employee, which actually increases the number of employees in the hotel invisible. "Our restaurant has two floors, so in order to take care of the customers on the two floors, we may need to ask for more waiters." And in order to ensure a safe distance of 1 meter, half of the tables have to be removed.
She believes that the overall consumer confidence is still not high. Although the government has made some corresponding measures, she is still worried about the future prospects. "We are looking forward to reopening under the level 2 alarm, and now we will also make every preparation to welcome customers, such as restaurant cleaning, staffing and table rearrangement."
"But what is certain is that our business cost will be higher after the opening than before the epidemic. For a simple example, we had 15 tables in our store. In order to keep the distance, we can only keep 7 tables now, and the turnover will definitely decline. , And because a table can only be served by one waiter, we need at least 2 employees each upstairs and downstairs, and the labor cost will certainly rise. "
However, Meiling also said that she understands and supports the government's regulations, and will definitely open under the level 2 alarm. "Hot pot eats is the atmosphere. Everyone wants to get together and lively. Although we also have takeaways, the main business is definitely dine-in. We operate under the level 2 alarm. We also feel very difficult."
Meiling concluded that considering all aspects, including whether customers have confidence in dine-in food, the future prospects are really difficult to predict.
Mi Xiang, which has branches in Auckland's North Shore and Central District, is also facing such a situation. The owner Duan Bo said that he will not open dine-in meals under the level 2 alarm. He said: "Now the confidence of customers has not been restored, so we are not going to open dine-in for the time being and only provide take-out service."
As for when to resume dinning, Duan Bo said: "As an ordinary person myself, if I feel very safe when going to a public place such as a supermarket, we will reopen the dinning business." (Frank)