Chinanews.com, August 18, according to the Canadian "Ming Pao" report, recently, some restaurants in Canada began to open, Chen Yongyi, president of the Ontario Chinese Restaurant Association, said that for many restaurant owners, the current social distancing measures plus the small number of customers The cost of restarting dine-in services cannot be rationalized at all. He said that now restaurants must not only pay for normal operating costs, such as employee salaries and utility bills, but the epidemic has also added additional costs, including increased cleaning work.
Chen Yongyi said that not only many customers still dare not come to spend, but many restaurant staff still dare not come back to work. He said: "Everyone is watching, hoping that the takeaway business can do what it can. The family business makes its own kitchen, and with the current subsidies, many restaurants can still pay a quarter of the rent."
But once the rent subsidy program ends, the restaurant situation may soon get worse. He pointed out that the current weather is still warm and restaurants can still entertain customers in the open-air dining area, but in September and October, the weather turns cold, what can be done?
Chen Yongyi said that he dare not predict whether the government will end its financial support and whether there will be a wave of restaurant closures. But he confirmed that he learned from some restaurant owners that he had no choice but to sell his business. Because the losses they suffered during the epidemic were too great to bear.