Given the drop in movement in bars and restaurants due to the coronavirus epidemic in BH, many establishments are betting on delivery to reduce the loss.
Therefore, some restaurants in Belo Horizonte and the metropolitan region are already planning to temporarily close their doors and only offer delivery services. However, they will deliver food to your home, which avoids crowds and thus reduces the risk of contagion.
According to the Union of Hotels, Restaurants, Bars and Similar Establishments (Sindhorb), the estimate is a drop of 50% in the sector's revenue this month alone.
Delivery
Mocca Coffee and Meals, in Nova Lima, in the metropolitan region, has set a price of 20% to 30% lower on executive lunch dishes for delivery orders and, starting next week, the plan is to close its doors and work only with home delivery. This week, there was a drop of around 50% in business.
Starting next week, Bitaca da Leste, in the Santa Tereza neighborhood, in the east of the capital, will offer lunch, snacks and sandwiches for delivery.
The establishment will also prepare frozen food options and kits with products from its own grocery store.
“Although we are organizing ourselves to serve via delivery or for people to pick up at the store, in an attempt to keep the house running and to continue to offer a food option with affection and local ingredients.
Preserve employees
Therefore, we believe that people will need options beyond pizza and hamburgers,” says the owner of the restaurant, Luiz Paulo Mairink.
Therefore, to preserve the health of employees and customers, Bitaca da Leste is also studying the possibility of closing direct service to the public.
The 40 units of the Mr. Hoppy Brasil franchise chain, including those in Belo Horizonte, will adopt it, starting this Wednesday (18).
Although a new operating model: customers will be able to place orders through the units' Facebook or Instagram and pick them up at the store.
In addition, the restaurant will offer a full menu, including draft beer, on iFood.
“We will try to continue selling without putting anyone at risk and within what is being determined and working with partnerships.
For example, the breweries that work with me will advertise that I am a delivery point or delivery at the draft beer counter.
Another thing is to renegotiate the amounts we have to pay,” says Mr. Hoppy franchisee Diogo Manfredini. “The company’s goal at this time is to keep all employees,” he adds.
Shopping malls
So this week, Outback announced the arrival of the delivery service in Belo Horizonte, at the Boulevard Shopping, BH Shopping and Pátio Savassi locations.
In short, the implementation of the home food delivery model was already planned and predicted before the coronavirus pandemic in BH.
Orders can be made via iFood, and customers pay the same amount charged in restaurants, plus the delivery fee.
“In addition to the special moments experienced in our restaurants, we will also offer all the delights in the comfort of your home or work”, says Flávio Mattos, regional partner of Outback Steakhouse.
Cabernet Butiquim, in the Funcionários neighborhood, in the South-Central region of the capital, is also investing in a greater diversity of dishes and delivery options to serve customers.
The house also adopted preventive measures, such as greater distance between chairs.
Finally, he points out that, in Belo Horizonte, the sector generates around 45 thousand direct jobs. The entity proposes measures such as salary reductions and granting collective vacations during the coronavirus crisis in BH. “If nothing is done, I see the sector going bankrupt in 90 days,” he says.