China News Service, December 8th. According to the American Overseas Chinese News Network, with the increase in the rate of new coronavirus infections and hospitalizations in New York City, New York Governor Cuomo announced on December 7 that if the hospitalization rate remains unstable in the next five days, The restaurant’s indoor dining will be closed again.
After the Chinese restaurant industry heard the news that day, some said that in the current winter outdoor dining depression, if indoor dining is closed again, the possibility of closing the restaurant for the second time is not ruled out; but some industry players said that they would no longer complain and would seek breakthroughs to survive.
After learning of the decision announced by the governor on the 7th, a restaurant owner Chen Shanzhuang said that this is undoubtedly worse for the industry.
He said that in the current cold weather, almost no one eats in the outdoor dining area of the restaurant, because no matter how warm the outdoor is, it is not as warm as indoors. In addition, the power supply provided by the power company to the restaurant is currently saturated. Excessive use of electricity for heating will cause overload. Therefore, the outdoor dining business of the restaurant is in a state of suspension in winter, and it is difficult to survive only on indoor dining.
The governor may close indoor dining again due to the worsening of the epidemic. His policy is understandable, but as a business, he is unable to survive this cold winter. Therefore, they do not rule out the possibility that restaurants will be closed for the second time following the government's new move.
Lin Liju, director of the 99th restaurant group that operates self-service hot pots on Brooklyn Eighth Avenue, Staten Island, Chinatown and Flushing, said that as the epidemic worsens, they are already mentally prepared for the government to shut down indoor dining again. .
And complaining is useless, it is better to find a way to find a breakthrough.
Lin Liju said that their outdoor dining business at the 99th restaurant on 61st Street, Eight Avenues has been running, but 14-table customers are often dissatisfied because they have low willingness to eat out.
Therefore, they switched to strengthening food delivery. They expanded their food delivery business through cooperation with a number of food delivery platforms, and they have achieved good results.
Lin Liju showed reporters the changes in the takeaway business before and after the adjustment of the business strategy.
The takeaway sales of its Eight Avenue store in November averaged about 400 to 500 yuan per day. From December 1st to 7th after cooperating with the takeaway platform, its takeaway business was more than 1,000 yuan almost every day. Reached nearly 1,600 yuan.
Lin Liju said that before and after they changed their strategy, the food delivery has increased significantly, and he believes that after the cooperation is improved, the sales of food delivery will increase even higher.
(Cui Guoxian)