Asian restaurant business has rebounded

The epidemic has hit the worst and was forced to suspend business. Part of the turnover has been restored.

Minpaocanada.com
February 26, 2020

*Article has been translated to English

In view of the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in China and the beginning of its spread around the world, it has hit the Asian restaurants in the Greater Toronto Area with a turnover drop of 60% to 80%. Mayor Bevilacqua (Maurizio Bevilacqua) and Wang Shihua, a Chinese citizen of Vaughan, visited two restaurants in the city yesterday afternoon to show their support for the catering industry.

The mayor of Vaughan Bevilacqua, the Chinese-speaking councilor of the City of Vaughan, and Shi Hou Peng, the president of the Chinese Restaurant and Hotel Management Association of Canada, visited the sushi restaurant KUU Sushi and a Mandarin buffet in Vaughan. restaurant.

Bevilacqua said he visited the two restaurants in person to dine in order to show support for restaurants affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic.

"It is even more important to express our support and take concrete action," he said.

He pointed out that the crisis caused by the new crown pneumonia epidemic has had a serious negative impact on Asian restaurants, but it is gratifying that some restaurants have recently improved their business and some restaurants have recovered 90% of their turnover. .

Chinese-speaking city councilor Yang Shizhen pointed out that she had visited several Asian restaurants in the past few weeks to learn about the situation and learned that the turnover of these restaurants had fallen sharply, at least by 60% to 70%. There was a restaurant where no one except her was there. There are also restaurants that have to be temporarily closed due to the lackluster business.

She said: "The rumors of the new crown pneumonia epidemic are spreading in the community, causing many people to overreact and dare not go out to eat and consume. In fact, there have been only a few cases of viral infection in Ontario so far, and the patients have recovered. As for the York district, there is no case of infection with the virus. People do not need to panic too much, and they can resume their normal lives. "

The owner of the sushi restaurant KUU Sushi, Steven, said that he has been running the restaurant for more than 4 years, and affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the restaurant's turnover has been reduced by 40%. Since there have been no new cases of infection in Ontario in the near future, the restaurant business has improved since the family day long weekend, and the business has now recovered 90%.

Hou Pengpeng, president of the Chinese Restaurant and Hotel Management Association of Canada, pointed out that since the family day weekend, many Asian restaurants have indeed seen a turnaround in their business, with some restaurants recovering 90% and some recovering 50%.

She said, "The Asian Restaurant Food Festival event, which was held from February 14th to 28th, was attended by more than 140 restaurants. It really helped attract people to visit the restaurant, but because many of the original large-scale events have been cancelled or postponed, The blow to the Chinese catering industry has been severe. "

Hou Pengpeng also pointed out that the Chinese Restaurant and Hotel Management Association of Canada has written a petition letter and has started the signature collection process. The goal is to submit the petition letter to the Federal Minister of Small Business after soliciting 500 signatures.

The above petition represents the following claims on behalf of the proprietor of the Chinese catering industry, including: delaying the collection of land taxes and other taxes to provide practical assistance to the catering industry; helping to solve the problem of employment difficulties, visa difficulties and loss of human resources in the industry; strengthening Talent training in the catering industry for sustainable development; strengthen police and law enforcement, and crack down on robbery and burglary crimes targeting Chinese restaurants.

Mayor Bevilacqua of Vaughan, Yang Shihua, a Chinese councilor of Vaughan, and Hou Pengpeng, president of the Canadian Restaurant and Hotel Management Association of Canada, etc., ate at a sushi restaurant KUU Sushi in Vaughan yesterday afternoon