LV The first restaurant in China is expected to settle in Chengdu Ocean Taikoo Li at the end of October or early November; the number of Tims coffee stores exceeded 500, and the number of stores is planned to reach 2,750 in 2026. For details, please refer to Hongju.com "Daily Meal News".
LV China's first restaurant will be settled in Chengdu
Lianshang.com News, the world's largest luxury brand Louis Vuitton (Louis Vuitton ) will cooperate with Michelin or Black Pearl Two Diamond Restaurant to open its first restaurant in China, which is expected to open in Ocean Taikoo Li, Chengdu at the end of October or early November.
It is understood that this is not the first time Louis Vuitton has tried to open a restaurant. The world's first restaurant, Restaurantt, Mory Sacko at Louis Vuitton, officially opened in June this year at the French resort of Saint-Tropez . It specializes in full meals and is the first restaurant in LV in the true sense.
Going further, Louis Vuitton has also crossed the catering industry by opening pop-up stores and cafes. In February 2020, LV opened its first café Le Café V on the top floor of Osaka Midosuji, the largest flagship store in Japan; in May this year, LV joined hands with French chef Pierre Sang Boyer to launch a pop-up restaurant in South Korea for the first time.
△Picture source: Louis Vuitton official website
It is reported that the first store opened in Chengdu this time incorporates giant panda elements in the overall design, divided into two floors, green plants are all around the building, and large floor-to-ceiling windows form a wall, making the entire space full of light, strong transparency, and a wide view. The floor-to-ceiling windows are decorated with LV classic preschool patterns. A large panda sculpture is placed on the decoration area on the left side of the front door, with LV classic preschool patterns printed on the soles of the feet. Not only that, LV also uses seasons as a marketing point and launches a new autumn installation with red balloons and colorful pandas.
At present, the title of "LV China's first restaurant" has attracted many consumers. Some consumers said that the per capita consumption of LV restaurants is 3,000, and the appointment for the first store has been scheduled for half a year.
Tims coffee stores exceeded 500
Tims coffee official WeChat News, on October 18, 2022, Tims Coffee's 500th store in China officially settled in Dongguan, Guangdong. This is another milestone event that Tims Coffee has ushered in after it was launched on Nasdaq on September 29. At the same time, Tims China announced that the company achieved revenue of 404 million yuan in the first half of 2022, compared with revenue of 237 million yuan in the first half of 2021, increased by more than 70% year-on-year. At present, Tims Coffee is still accelerating its layout and hopes to achieve the goal of opening 2,750 stores by 2026.
It is understood that Tims's 500th store is also its first store in Dongguan . The store adheres to the warm style of Tims Coffee. The semi-open store is enshrined with an open terrace, creating a romance that listens to the street and a sense of instant coffee. The visual experience brought by the unified wooden plank layout is as if it is in the mountains and is surrounded by fresh air in three-dimensional shapes; the iconic maple leaf pattern is intertwined with staggered graceful patterns, which integrates with the vitality of Lingnan city, making it a unique atmosphere.
△Picture source: Tims Coffee Official Website
Tims China CEO Lu Yongchen said: "This year, we welcome the golden autumn in a special way. After Tims China successfully launched, it welcomed the opening of its 500th store. This is a witness to our deep cultivation in the Chinese market. We are also willing to take this as an opportunity to provide consumers with better services and coffee experience."
Coffee shop small sign that checkout requires additional tax payment, which is questioned.
Pengpai News news, recently, Ms. Yin from Chengdu, Sichuan reported that she was at the Taikoo Li Boshe Hotel in Chengdu At the house cafe, I was told to add a 10% service fee and a 6% VAT at checkout. Ms. Yin believes that the cafe did not clearly mark the price in a prominent position, which is suspected of price fraud.
Ms. Yin said that she spent at the restaurant on October 2, and the drinks on the receipt were 82 yuan at checkout, but there was a 10% service fee and 6% VAT on the bill, and a total of 95.61 yuan was required. Although there is indeed a row of notes at the bottom of the cafe restaurant brand, the prompt is: "A 10% service fee and a 6% VAT of the total bill will be charged."However, Ms. Yin believes that the notes cannot replace the explicit price tag. "Their dining brand has a reminder to add value-added tax, but the location is not obvious, and the waiter did not provide any relevant prompts in advance."
Ms. Yin said that the "Regulations on Clear Price Tag and Price Fraud" implemented on July 1, 2022 clearly stipulates that the price fraud behaviors that operators may not be implemented are: do not mark or display price conditions that weaken the labeling that are unfavorable to consumers or other operators, and lure consumers or other operators to trade with them. She believes that the merchant’s price tag is in line with price fraud.
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After the incident, Ms. Yin complained to the local relevant departments for the business's behavior. In response, The Paper interviewed the Jinjiang District Taxation Bureau. A staff member said: "A small number of merchants in Chengdu do have such a price tag. In order to let consumers see clearly, the cash register is specially set to how much the product is, and how much value-added tax should be paid for the product. Strictly speaking, as long as the merchant pays the tax normally at the Taxation Bureau, you can ask the merchant for invoices."
Jinjiang District Market Supervision Administration also replied to Ms. Yin after investigation and verification, saying that there is such a reminder for charging such a fee on the coffee shop menu (meal brand), which is indeed very small. The market supervision department can recommend rectification, but it cannot be punished or forced rectification.
Aiqian China's same-store sales fell by 11.1% in the third quarter
Beijing Business Daily reported that on October 18, Aiqian (China) Holdings Co., Ltd. released its third quarter business sales on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
announcement showed that Aixin (China) same-store sales fell 11.1% year-on-year in the third quarter, and sales of fast casual restaurant business fell 14.7% year-on-year in the third quarter. Compared with the second quarter, Aichi (China)'s performance rebounded slightly. In the second quarter of 2022, Aichi (China) same-store sales fell by 28.7% year-on-year, and fast casual restaurant business sales fell by 47.0% year-on-year in the third quarter.
△Picture source: Ai Qian Ramen Official Blog
In addition, according to Ai Qian (China)'s first half of 2022 financial report, Ai Qian (China) achieved revenue of 677 million yuan in the first half of the year, a year-on-year decrease of 33.1%; a net loss of 107 million yuan; a profit of 49.658 million yuan in the same period in 2021. As of June 30, the total number of Aichi (China) restaurants was 669, compared with 707 in the same period in 2021. By province, Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang ranked in the top three stores, with 119, 78 and 72 respectively.
National standards compilation work in the field of central kitchens started
China Consumer News recently, the launch ceremony and the first seminar on the preparation of national standards of "Central Kitchen Construction Requirements" and "Central Kitchen Operation Management Standards" hosted by the National Food Service Industry Standardization Technical Committee and the China Hotel Association were held in Beijing.
It is understood that the "Central Kitchen Construction Requirements" and "Central Kitchen Operation Management Specifications" have been included in the second batch of recommended national standards formulation plans for 2022 issued by the National Standardization Management Committee, and will be implemented by the National Food Service Industry Standardization Technical Committee.
"Central Kitchen Construction Requirements" will put forward construction requirements for central kitchen with the general policy of reasonable standardization, standardization, environmental protection, efficiency and intensiveness. The "Central Kitchen Operation Management Specifications" will guide catering companies to operate and manage central kitchens with standardization, conservation and environmental protection, efficient and intensive, and safety traceability as the general policy. These two standards will make the dual standardization of central kitchens from hardware to management well-founded, and promote the high-quality development of the catering industry.
The delegates at the meeting reviewed and fully discussed the two national standards in detail, and clarified the core direction of standard preparation. Relevant persons from the National Food Service Industry Standardization Technical Committee said that the leading drafting units of the two national standards will organize representatives of relevant enterprises in the industry and upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain, continue to promote national research and discussions, widely solicit opinions and suggestions from experts from various regions and relevant fields, and provide strong guarantees for the smooth formulation of the two national standards.
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