The epidemic in Hong Kong has not completely declined since January, causing huge losses to all walks of life, especially for those artists who open restaurants. Presumably, at present, except for Chen Hao, there should be few artists who can sit back and relax. Chen Hao's situation is more special, the special is that he opened a coffee shop, not limited by dine-in, and there is no risk of group gathering, so since the outbreak of the epidemic, his business has not fallen but risen. But in the end, this is a minority, there are not many star artists in the coffee and beverage business, most of them are operating regular restaurants, such as TVB's newly baked "sight", "after the view" Tan Junyan and Lin Xiawei have their own physical restaurants, after three months of impact, they have been unable to withstand, can only be transformed.
In the early days of the fifth wave of the epidemic in Hong Kong in 2022, the government announced the suspension of evening dine-in, when all the people in the catering business felt that this was only a temporary, maybe only a week, at most half a month, who would have thought that this stop was not a ten-day half-month thing, but a three-month thing. At that time, Tan Junyan said in an interview that due to the restriction of the evening market business, it is equivalent to letting the restaurant close, after all, his restaurant only does the evening market business, but he still holds a very optimistic attitude, thinking that he just took this opportunity to decorate the restaurant, and after the decoration is just two weeks later, the ban should be lifted and can be reopened.
The idea was beautiful, but the reality was harsh, and two weeks later the restaurant was renovated, but it still couldn't open. Speaking of which, Tan Junyan's restaurant has been open "in the wind and rain" since it opened. This restaurant opened in the early 2020, mainly cooked beef, in order to maintain the freshness of meat, Tan Junyan also spent 100,000 yuan in the United States to order a refrigeration cabinet, did not expect to officially open soon encountered the epidemic, has experienced four waves of epidemics, fortunately survived.
In fact, the restaurant was initially subject to various restrictions, and the business volume plummeted. In order to increase the turnover of the restaurant, Tan Junyan could only take the pro-people route, personally greet the guests in the venue, and use the star effect as a signboard, and finally at the end of 2021, the business was gradually on the right track and maintained normal balance of payments. How to expect that the blood has not been completely returned, the fifth wave of the epidemic is menacing, overnight the business amount will be beaten back to the original shape, the most unfortunate thing is that when the restaurant's life is hanging on the line, Tan Junyan went to the mainland to work, and now he can only discuss with his partners.
Faced with an increasingly miserable business situation, Tan Junyan had to reform the restaurant. Originally, western restaurants only do dine-in business to ensure the freshness of ingredients, and now have to transform into takeaway, and also have to transform into selling meat, in addition to acting as an agent of ham products, but also intend to sell raw beef, but because selling raw meat to apply for a license, and under the epidemic, it is not so easy to apply for a license, can only continue to wait. Tan Junyan described himself as "selling meat for glory" now, which is also forced by helplessness, after all, he can't do the evening market, and the new business of the lunch market, but the business is not good, and now there is only 10% of the business left. The focus is that the amount of business has been reduced, but the rent, miscellaneous expenses, and employee salaries cannot be reduced, so two months have lost six figures, and they can only adjust the personnel, that is, layoffs, although cruel but helpless.
Compared with Tan Junyan, the situation of the newly promoted "rear" Lin Xiawei is not better. Lin Xiawei should be more miserable than Tan Junyan, she has 19 restaurants and restaurants under her name, mainly snacks. After the outbreak of the fifth wave of the epidemic, due to dine-in restrictions, she has transformed her store into takeaway, but the takeaway business is actually difficult to maintain basic expenses, let alone break even. What Lin Xiawei can do now is to keep the employee's job bowl as much as possible, try not to lay off employees, and can only close some stores, while the remaining stores that continue to operate can only do takeaway, and how much can be sold.
Of course, Lin Xiawei also has business pressure, but relatively speaking, her wealth is relatively rich, so if it really has to reach the point of upside down, it should still be able to support for a period of time. Of course, in business, there is no boss who does not want to make money in business, and if it continues to lose money, it is not a solution. The reason why Lin Xiawei insists, in addition to considering for employees, is that the epidemic will pass, as long as she survives the epidemic and lets everything return to normal, all problems can be solved. It's just that no one knows when the epidemic will subside, which is the most helpless.
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