老牌酒家撐不住 Victoria

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老牌酒家撐不住

[2010-12-23]

圖文：本報記者徐嘉銘

位於溫東維多利亞街（Victoria Dr.）的老字號金天鵝酒家，將於明年1月17日易手，酒家何姓東主無奈表示，統一銷售稅（HST）讓酒家生意大跌，不得不讓他選擇退出。
該酒家東主周三坦承，HST是12%，顧客在吃完付賬時，除了HST 12%之外，還要付10%的小費，出來用餐的意願就會減弱。
他說，因為HST直接影響生意，不得不賣盤，雖然遺憾，也沒辦法。他又指出，如果HST降低稅率或甚至取消的話，不排除會考慮東山再起。
金天鵝酒家曾於2007年獲溫哥華最佳酒家榮譽，而今要易手，令何老闆不勝唏噓。
另外，位於溫市固蘭湖街（Granville St.）的太子海鮮酒家已於上周三易手，經過簡單裝修，改名為西南海鮮酒家，在本周二開張。該酒家一職員周三表示，他不能代老闆接受訪問，但相信老闆有絕對信心，才敢接手經營，逆市而上。

habitrailspace

do you feel the pinch?

shutterbug

I saw many restaurants, used to be full with waiting list, now barely full during weekends, big big problem!

Catpiano

Um ..  but H S T ..  is just 6 or 7% different ja wor ..

Most rest .. with price increase more then that la..  

And tax is tax .. say they dont' increase price for just 1 yr, already cover that 6/7% la...

I guess nothing to do with HST gei ..

lo_pak

回復 4# Catpiano

In the old days, people used to pay cash without paying the HST. Right now, no way...

The Chinese restaurants are a bit better because they are cheap (comparatively) anyway, for those Cactus/KEG/Boathouse, it's a big hit... The long lineup is gone for regular weekend....

masterbear

Net income is getting less and less..... property tax will goes up, hydro had already applied for increase rate, misc. all applied more tax on top! More restaurant will be closed down really soon or change owner after the New Year!!

kingkong123

金宝尔害人不浅，自己拍拍罗友就走人，真系贱种

Prelude

Hst is 6% increase, but it decrease customers more than 6%, that's the problem
On top of that, food cost has been increased like crazy for the last 2 years, many items are more than double from 2 years ago.  Property tax keeps on increasing as well.

So, summary:   Less customers + insanely increased food cost + never stop increasing property tax = leave the industry.

Prelude

Um ..  but H S T ..  is just 6 or 7% different ja wor ..

Most rest .. with price increase more the ...
Catpiano 發表於 2010-12-23 12:43

    The problem is the food cost increased more than 20% per year now, and you suggest restaurants not to change price?   In fact, many restaurants haven't increased the price for the last 5 years already.

peter236

回復  Catpiano

In the old days, people used to pay cash without paying the HST. Right now, no way. ...
lo_pak 發表於 2010-12-23 12:56

Chinese restaurants are more expensive than Japanese restaurants.