Starbucks “We will operate the store in strict compliance with quarantine regulations”

Part of the seats and tables are piled up at Starbucks in Seoul on the 19th, when step 1.5 of the Seoul metropolitan area took effect. The core of the 1.5 step quarantine rules is to’restrict’ daily life rather than’prohibit’, and multi-use facilities such as restaurants, cafes, wedding halls and funeral halls are limited to one person per 4㎡ (1.21 pyeong) of facilities. do. The number of visitors to religious events and sports events will be reduced from 50% to 30%. 2020.11.19/News1 © News1 Reporter Eunna Ahn

From the 18th, the coffee and café franchise industry’s expectations are growing as eating in cafe stores becomes possible nationwide. Eating is allowed only until 9 pm, and it is recommended to limit the time to within an hour depending on the number of people, but these industries are expecting to be breathless.

Starbucks Korea announced on the 16th that, in response to the government’s measures to mitigate quarantine in restaurants and cafes, “we will keep the safety of our customers and partners first and keep them safe and operate safely.”

A Starbucks official said, “We will operate the store thoroughly in accordance with the government’s quarantine policy.”

This is because the government has decided to extend the social distancing phase (the 2.5 metropolitan area and the second non-metropolitan area), which ends on the 17th, for two weeks, and allows eating in stores from the 18th to 9pm at cafes nationwide.

However, in restaurants and cafes with a facility permit/reporting area of ​​50m2 or more, only 50% of the store’s seats are used by floating one table or seat, and if it is difficult to observe this, a 1m distance between the tables or partitions must be installed.

If you do not eat, it is mandatory to wear a mask, and if you violate this, a fine of not more than 100,000 won is imposed.

In addition, when two or more users ordered only coffee, beverages, and simple desserts at a restaurant or cafe, it was strongly recommended to limit their stay at the store to within 1 hour.

In the meantime, the café franchise industry has only allowed packaging and delivery in accordance with the second stage of distance (2.5 stage in the metropolitan area), and eating and drinking in stores was banned, which inevitably hurt sales. Although demand for packaging and delivery has increased, it is expected that this measure will recover a significant portion of the decline in store sales.

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