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Starting in mid-June, 950,000 households in Vienna will receive coupons for cafes and restaurants. There are 25 to 50 euros per home.
The Schanigarten season opens in Vienna every year. This year, Mayor Ludwig used the appointment to present one of the city’s largest crown aid packages to date. Starting in mid-June, every Viennese household should receive a free food coupon. These can be exchanged at one of 9,000 Viennese restaurants or cafes.
Ludwig wants to give “impetus” to Viennese gastronomy. “As long as tourists stay away, Viennese restaurateurs should be supported,” explains the mayor at the presentation together with the Chamber of Commerce, which, because there are no open gardens on the sidewalks, took place on the street in front of the Augustinerbräu in Albertina.
Furthermore, all households in Vienna should benefit from this. According to Ludwig, that is currently around 950,000. (Statistics Austria had 912,075 households in Vienna in 2019). One-person households must receive 25 euros, households with several people 50 euros. Coupons will be sent home from mid-June to late September, which can be redeemed at all participating restaurants and coffee shops. Alcoholic beverages are excluded.
40 million euros: “We can pay it”
The city, which bears all costs, has estimated a total of around 40 million euros, provided all coupons are redeemed. “Yes, we can afford that,” said Ludwig. After all, they had managed well in recent years to be able to use the necessary funds in difficult times. After all, there are 6,000 inns with around 60,000 employees. There are also 3,000 coffee machines. By way of comparison: according to Ludwig, Viennese gastronomy generates around 1,400 million euros a year.
The president of the Vienna Chamber of Commerce, Walter Ruck, saw the coupons as “stimulating” to restart factories that had been closed for two months. You can’t estimate how many restaurants in the city will reopen on Friday and how many will survive the crisis in the medium term, Ruck said. Larger restaurants and cafes would probably be easier than smaller ones due to the greater space available. Overall, Ruck anticipates a drop in sales of 40 to 50 percent across the industry.
(red./APA)
