With around 200 employees, Zotter recently generated sales of around 24 million euros. Large food retailers are primarily supplied but small shops. Zotter hopes that they will be able to unlock again soon. At Zotter in Bergl, production continues to run at a reduced rate. At Zotter you can also find that short-time work is a good model. It is already being used in some areas, but there is still an 80 percent occupancy rate due to the Easter season. After that, old vacations are used up first and time compensation is used. Depending on the development, one then thinks of an expansion of short-time work.
But important: online sales are booming. Zotter exports worldwide. Until after Florida. The online shop in the USA organize Zotter’s web designers who emigrated there. Problem: The chocolate is usually due to the freshness by flying into the USA, or even after China, sent, but these flights are currently massively restricted. Zotter: “Transport costs are rising sharply, so it is time to wait and plan deliveries precisely.”
Speaking of China: In 2014, Zotter opened the Chocolate Theater in Shanghai. Visitors can enjoy a chocolate experience on 2,400 square meters. It is still closed, the shop and the coffee house are open, reports Julia Zotter. She is now in Bergl. With the managing director and the employees in Shanghai she conferences daily on WeChat. She tries to keep all 20 employees. In addition, because they are fully committed. “There is in China yes no short-time work as with us. “
The minus in Shanghai was last 80 percent. Zotter hopes that she can unlock again soon. But it is realistic. The chocolate theater is mainly made up of people Shanghai, and attended school classes. “As soon as the schools open again, the students will have to catch up on material and will not come to the theater.” But Zotter does not give up. Because online sales are booming here too.
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