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11 March 2022 0 comments
Restaurateurs discussed with representatives of the Moscow City Hall measures to support the industry
Moscow. 9th of March. INTERFAX - Representatives of the restaurant industry discussed with the Moscow authorities the necessary support measures and mechanisms for working under the imposed sanctions against Russia and their impact on the industry, following the results a working group will be formed to solve problems, representatives of the restaurant business told Interfax.
"We met today (with the Moscow authorities), we discussed all the issues. We have a work plan planned, we will form a working group that will include restaurants, possibly suppliers, and we will already solve and discuss the problems that arise there. Because somewhere you probably need such a point, manual control of the process," Sergey Mironov, president of the Union of Restaurant Managers of Russia, an ombudsman in the field of restaurant business in Moscow, told Interfax.
He clarified that within the framework of the established working group, discussion and development of mechanisms and methods for streamlining the situation for the industry will take place.
In turn, the president of the Federation of Restaurateurs and Hoteliers of Russia Igor Bukharov, in a conversation with the agency, clarified that a working group will be created at the Department of Trade and Services of Moscow.
"It was decided to create a headquarters or a working group at the Department of Trade and Services (Moscow) in order to be able to inform each other as quickly as possible about the problems that exist at this stage in a working manner. And look at the situation, how it will develop further. The planning horizon has narrowed to one day. Further, this group will promptly collect all the problems that have arisen in the industry," Bukharov said.
According to him, the industry is currently concerned about rising food prices. The President of the Federation stated the need for restaurants to remain in a situation "with a slight increase in prices."
Mironov also noted that the main request from the industry, which was discussed at the meeting, is to remove the speculative component from the market when a Russian manufacturer seriously inflates prices for an unreasonable reason. "There are objective reasons when the truth is more expensive components, when there are some imported components, and there are subjective ones when he simply raises the price because there are interruptions with imported goods," he said.
He stressed that restaurateurs do not advocate state regulation of this issue, but only ask to influence suppliers.
Speaking about how the industry is currently experiencing the current situation with the departure of a number of companies from Russia and the termination of supplies due to sanctions, Mironov noted that it "is experiencing it as well as the two years of the coronavirus pandemic."
According to him, the industry is adjusting and looking for import substitution options.
"There are restaurants that are focused on imported products — all drinks are imported, all products are imported. And it is very difficult for them to rebuild somehow now, because the price (of products) is 50-60% higher, and if the restaurant raises the price by these 50-60%, it will simply lose guests," he added.
At the same time, Mironov noted that foreign restaurants are not leaving the market yet, but there is a point suspension of the work of individual establishments, mainly fast food, so significant changes in the market are not expected. "McDonald's customers will be distributed to other fast foods, but this will not affect the restaurant market," he added.
Moscow. 9th of March. INTERFAX - Representatives of the restaurant industry discussed with the Moscow authorities the necessary support measures and mechanisms for working under the imposed sanctions against Russia and their impact on the industry, following the results a working group will be formed to solve problems, representatives of the restaurant business told Interfax.
"We met today (with the Moscow authorities), we discussed all the issues. We have a work plan planned, we will form a working group that will include restaurants, possibly suppliers, and we will already solve and discuss the problems that arise there. Because somewhere you probably need such a point, manual control of the process," Sergey Mironov, president of the Union of Restaurant Managers of Russia, an ombudsman in the field of restaurant business in Moscow, told Interfax.
He clarified that within the framework of the established working group, discussion and development of mechanisms and methods for streamlining the situation for the industry will take place.
In turn, the president of the Federation of Restaurateurs and Hoteliers of Russia Igor Bukharov, in a conversation with the agency, clarified that a working group will be created at the Department of Trade and Services of Moscow.
"It was decided to create a headquarters or a working group at the Department of Trade and Services (Moscow) in order to be able to inform each other as quickly as possible about the problems that exist at this stage in a working manner. And look at the situation, how it will develop further. The planning horizon has narrowed to one day. Further, this group will promptly collect all the problems that have arisen in the industry," Bukharov said.
According to him, the industry is currently concerned about rising food prices. The President of the Federation stated the need for restaurants to remain in a situation "with a slight increase in prices."
Mironov also noted that the main request from the industry, which was discussed at the meeting, is to remove the speculative component from the market when a Russian manufacturer seriously inflates prices for an unreasonable reason. "There are objective reasons when the truth is more expensive components, when there are some imported components, and there are subjective ones when he simply raises the price because there are interruptions with imported goods," he said.
He stressed that restaurateurs do not advocate state regulation of this issue, but only ask to influence suppliers.
Speaking about how the industry is currently experiencing the current situation with the departure of a number of companies from Russia and the termination of supplies due to sanctions, Mironov noted that it "is experiencing it as well as the two years of the coronavirus pandemic."
According to him, the industry is adjusting and looking for import substitution options.
"There are restaurants that are focused on imported products — all drinks are imported, all products are imported. And it is very difficult for them to rebuild somehow now, because the price (of products) is 50-60% higher, and if the restaurant raises the price by these 50-60%, it will simply lose guests," he added.
At the same time, Mironov noted that foreign restaurants are not leaving the market yet, but there is a point suspension of the work of individual establishments, mainly fast food, so significant changes in the market are not expected. "McDonald's customers will be distributed to other fast foods, but this will not affect the restaurant market," he added.