Restrictions on the sale of alcohol, the curfew and customer anxiety about contracting Covid-19 have had a bad effect, says CEO Pierre van Tonder
, the owner of RocoMamas, Hussar Grill and John Dory’s, said sales in its year to end-June fell more than a fifth as Covid-19 shuttered restaurants in the final few months of its financial year.
“After the limited relaxation of the trading restrictions following the hard lockdown in April, trading has proved particularly challenging,” outgoing CEO Pierre van Tonder said. The “grim economic outlook” for SA is also likely to result in a protracted period of recovery for the restaurant industry, the group said.
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