As opening a street stall/kiosk involves less costs and less effort in terms of obtaining a food license, purchasing equipment and training employees, the turnover of street stalls/kiosks in Hong Kong is still at a high level. Chained street stalls/kiosks expanded in 2021 by increasing the number of outlets, showing recovery after the hard times seen in 2020, when outlets were forced to shut down and transactions dropped significantly, as people were less willing to eat and drink outside the home for fear of being infected.
During the pandemic, tourists were not allowed to enter Hong Kong, hampering growth in street stalls/kiosks. However, some store owners conducted marketing campaigns to promote their ideas on “support products made in Hong Kong” and also “getting through this together with Hong Kong communities”.
It is estimated that more than 30% of customers now choose bubble tea with less or half sugar. During the pandemic, due to social distancing rules applied to public areas, especially gyms, which are usually crowded, and also the widely adopted work from home policy, people spent more time in the home in 2020 and 2021.
The sales of street stalls/kiosks boomed in the past 10 years, especially during the period 2016 to 2018, when tourism reached its peak. Sales dropped in 2019 due to social movements, and then declined significantly when COVID-19 hit Hong Kong.
Hong Kong has a culture of street food, where plastic bags and straws, as well as one-time usage cutlery and containers, are regularly used. The Hong Kong government plans to ban all types of disposable plastic tableware at restaurants from 2025, and was seeking public opinion on the proposal in the middle of 2021.
In 2021, street stalls/kiosks that sell Chinese traditional food at a low price were expanding rapidly. Such outlets are usually located near neighbourhoods, and serve dim sum, fried rice/noodles and rice with two side dishes at a low price.
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Street Stalls/Kiosks
Small, sometimes mobile, foodservice providers characterised by a limited product offering and by low prices. Includes street stalls, street hawkers and foodservice kiosks where food is prepared in some way and served through a hatch or over a display counter to take away. Also includes kiosks and carts located externally or internally eg in shopping malls etc. As a rule, street stalls/kiosks outlets tend to be smaller than 100% home delivery/takeaway outlets, while menus are more limited, often (though certainly not always) with a greater emphasis on snack items, rather than full meals.
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