Crostini, a chain cake shop specializing in high-end cakes, suddenly announced the closure of all lines of business. Zhao Guancong, director-general of rights and interests of the Food and Beverage Trade Unions Union, which assists the workers of the cake shop, said on the radio program this morning (15th) that the company owed employees on August and September. Monthly salary, involving regarding 3 million to 5 million Hong Kong dollars. He pointed out that he is currently assisting regarding 30 part-time employees, and the number of hours involved is not large, mainly due to arrears of wages for August and September. 3 million to 5 million salary.
There is a complaint from the bitter owner, phone in, that following the closing of the bakery chain Crostini, a bitter owner group has been established through the mobile communication platform. The first group is full of regarding 500 people, and another group has more than 200 people to join . Most of them are mainly to exchange information with each other, hoping to reduce losses. The bitter master bought more than 200 cake coupons on average, involving regarding 6,000 Hong Kong dollars. The consumers concerned have asked the Consumer Council for help.
In addition, Huang Guanghui, the head of Crostini, told the media yesterday that the 11 branches across the line owed the owners a total of HK$6 million to HK$7 million in rent. He said that he had borrowed a total of HK$80 million from friends and personal savings, but he still might not solve the financial problem. He pointed out that After the government’s postponement of rent recovery arrangements ended at the end of July, the company’s cash flow began to have problems. Earlier, the owner arranged for bailiffs to take back 3 Crostini branches, including the Tsuen Wan and Ma On Shan branches, causing a chain reaction. He explained that since the outbreak of the epidemic , business has dropped by two-thirds, there are fewer people gathering under the ban on gatherings, and orders for cakes have dropped sharply. As for why he continued to sell cake cards before the graduation, he emphasized that he did not want to “go around”, because he did not intend to close the school, but he was forced to do nothing, and had to be dealt with by the liquidator.
