Let’s hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
The representative of the restaurant “Russian Shanghai”, gastrobar “Van Vanych” and cafe “Sly Fox”, commenting on March 17 to the correspondent of news agency “Chita.Ru” the position of the restaurant business in Chita on the surrounding and incremental exchange rates, said that they did not expect that prices on products will rise so sharply.
“As for products. To be honest, I didn’t think that we would suddenly collide with everyone like this. The lowest markup occurred at 40%. This, for example, salmon, chicken. It turns out that our chicken breast is almost equal in price to meat. Chicken has always been cheaper, but now the difference is small, the price is like that of pork, ”the restaurant said.
She noted that the prices for dishes increased by an average of 50 rubles. For example, if a dish cost 300 rubles, then it began to cost 350 rubles.
“It is clear that we have already started work on the menu, because some there are simply no products. There are also interruptions with salmon now, because, it turns out, it is not Russian, but Chilean. We will have to cut it down a bit, we will try to make from the menu that will receive an increase in suppliers. Some positions will disappear,” the interlocutor said.
When asked about the cost of alcoholic products, she clarified that prices had already risen at the trade: “Wine has not yet risen much, it is 20 percent less than food. first sanction. What will happen next is still unknown. They say that some countries are checking the logistics, maybe there will be more Russian wines from clean wineries, from other countries – Abkhazia, Georgia. It is clear that Italy, France – there will be a rise in the price of wine. It is unlikely that there will be demand, it is also unclear.”
It was also noted in the restaurant that a question arose with the likely participation, since the chefs come from China and work under a contract, they are settled in yuan: “And the yuan is expensive. So it’s not known yet.”
The interlocutor expressed the hope that there will be suppliers of goods some Solution: “Everything is in a state of limbo right now. One can only guess. Let’s hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.”
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