Faced with the drop in movement in bars and restaurants due to the coronavirus epidemic in BH, many establishments are betting on the delivery to reduce the damage.
Therefore, some houses in Belo Horizonte and the metropolitan region are already planning to temporarily close their doors and maintain only the delivery service. Meanwhile, they deliver food at home, which avoids crowds and thus reduces the risk of contagion of the disease.
According to the Syndicate of Hotels, Restaurants, Bars and Similar (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, set a price of 20% to 30% lower on executive lunch dishes for delivery orders and, starting next week, the idea is to close its doors and work only with delivery at home. This week there has been a drop of around 50% on the move.
Starting next week, Bitaca da Leste, in the Santa Tereza neighborhood, in the eastern region of the capital, will offer lunch, snacks and sandwiches for delivery.
The establishment will also prepare frozen food options and kits with products from the own grocery store.
“Although we are organizing 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 in addition to pizza and hamburgers”, says the owner of the house, Luiz Paulo Mairink.
Therefore, in order 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, including those in Belo Horizonte, will adopt, starting this Wednesday (18).
Although a new operating model: customers will be able to place orders via the units' Facebook or Instagram and pick them up at the store.
In addition, the house will offer a complete menu, including draft beer, on iFood.
“We will try to continue selling without making anyone laugh and within what is being determined and working with partnerships.
For example, the breweries that are with me will disclose that I am being a delivery point or delivery at the draft beer counter.
Another thing is to renegotiate the amounts we have to pay”, says the Mr. Hoppy, Diogo Manfredini. “The company's objective at this moment is to keep all the employees”, he adds.
Shoopings
So this week, Outback announced the arrival of the delivery service in Belo Horizonte, at the Boulevard Shopping, BH Shopping and Pátio Savassi units.
In short, the implementation of the home food delivery model was already planned and foreseen before the coronavirus pandemic in BH.
Orders can be placed via iFood, and customers pay the same amount charged at restaurants, plus the delivery fee.
“In addition to the special moments lived in our restaurants, we will also offer all the delicacies in the comfort of home or work”, says Flávio Mattos, regional partner of Outback Steakhouse.
Cabernet Butiquim, in the Valores neighborhood, in the Center-South 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 45,000 direct jobs. The entity proposes measures such as salary reduction and collective vacation concession during the coronavirus crisis in BH. “If nothing is done, I see, in 90 days, a break in the sector”, he says.
