By Crystal Hsu / Staff reporterMajor restaurant chains have announced pay increases to attract and retain workers amid a labor shortage as they emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Celebrity Cuisine chef Cheng Kam-fu talks about teaming up with the Demon Chef Alvin Leung to open The Demon Celebrity, one of Hong Kong’s most anticipated restaurants in recent memory.
Domestic restaurant chains’ revenues last month grew by double-digit percentages from a year earlier, as the negative economic effects of a COVID-19 outbreak decreased significantly.
Kaohsiung-based Hi-Lai Foods Co Ltd (漢來美食), which operates buffet restaurant brand Hilai Restaurant (漢來海港餐廳), Hi-Lai Vegetarian Restaurant (漢來蔬食), luxury Chinese restaurant Celebrity Cuisine (名人坊) and other brands, posted NT$305 million (US$10.19 million) in revenue for last month, up 59.77 percent from a month earlier and nearly 4.75 times from a year earlier.
A steady drop in COVID-19 cases allowed people to resume consumption activity, and the government easing COVID-19 pandemic control measures ameliorated fears over gathering in