Puebla, Pue. The restaurant sector foresees investments for 300 million pesos in new spaces and extensions for 2022, of which 60% will be generated by foreign entrepreneurs; However, they are far from the 600 million that were reached in 2019, since in the following two years there were minimal capital injections due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The president of the local National Chamber of the Restaurant and Seasoned Food Industry (Canirac), with 700 partners, Olga Méndez Juárez, said that the economic uncertainty due to the health contingency does not yet allow more projects to be planned, so it will be in May when see if there are better conditions to assess other possibilities.
The labor impact The new businesses will result in the generation of 1,300 direct jobs, which will start according to the times of each business, after a month of training and the works completed, he stressed.
He commented that in total there are 59 establishments, 40 of them installed in the city and the rest are in the shopping centers of the municipalities of San Pedro Cholula and Atlixco.
He indicated that the specified figure reflects a market niche that restaurateurs from other states are taking advantage of, due to the tourism potential.
He mentioned that the predominant foreign population is from Veracruz and Oaxaca, which has given a guideline to the fact that there will be businesses focused on its gastronomy, which are crowded on weekends.
Méndez Juárez explained that the people of Puebla also like the food of these entities, which represents a double sales opportunity.
In this vein, he stated that these factors are what contribute to more foreign investments ranging between 5 and 10 million pesos to have a restaurant in a good area such as the five gastronomic corridors.
The leader of the Canirac trusted that next year will not be complicated for the restaurant sector regarding the Covid-19 And if there is a new outbreak of infections, it is not so serious either.
Tax incentives
Considered missing tax incentives by the municipalities for small and medium businesses that are investing and do so constantly, while in other states there are better benefits for the Private Initiative for generating employment.
In the case of Poblano restaurant owners, who contribute 40% of the total investment, it is to expand their businesses and others to have branches in Angelópolis, he added.
Reference-www.eleconomista.com.mx