Sidetracked from Permission restaurants, 7-Eleven Lawson & Kena Reprimanded

Jakarta -Ministry of trade (Kemendag) has cast a letter of reprimand to the franchise company restaurant 7-Eleven and Lawson will follow. Both companies it is considered to have been sidetracked from the permission as a restaurant, in fact they are more worth mentioning as a retail (minimarket).

The Director General of the Ministry of domestic trade, Trade Gunaryo revealed the Government had sent a letter to the-2, for a franchise that does not match the format its permissions.

"7-Eleven, Lawson was given a minute's warning last Sunday. Please give us feedback that other, later we check on the field, "says Gunaryo in event press conference about franchising in the Office of the Ministry of trade, Friday (24/8/12).

Gunaryo says, some of these do not fit the format franchise its permissions. According to Gunaryo, it should have to run a franchise business, in accordance with peruntukannya. For example, a retail franchise, had to sell retail goods.

"If he were retail, go back to retail, if he was a restaurant be restaurants," he added.

Gunaryo added, the Government does not prohibit a franchise to innovate by modifying his place. Provided that such innovation not exceeding, 10% of the format of its permissions.

"We are not banning any outlets please innovation, innovate. Now selling drinks there are pharmacies, hospitals are selling food, there is. The most important thing is 90% core (core) in accordance with the permissions that are listed, "he added.

In addition, Gunaryo has said, the Government has sent out circulars to local government terkati against Community complaints or other retail franchise open 24 hours and selling alcoholic beverages.

"Then we might as well do a circular on the Governor to forwarded on Regent and Mayor, retail-retail 24 hours this conduct complained of by the community due to the selling of alcohol," he said.

For this convenience store like 7-Eleven as minimarket serving fast food and drink with an average size of about 200 m2 building ranges. In accordance with the existing permissions, the store could be through the mechanism of the modern foreign franchise (franchise), both as foreign players with broad terms should be above 1,200 m2 store.

Previous Trade Ministry confirms, until now it just gives the Letter Recipient Sign Franchises (STPW) for 7-Eleven convenience store as the restaurant instead.

(Jim/hen)