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In Mexico City alone, around 13,500 restaurants closed due to the crisis caused by Covid-19.
According to INEGI, between October 2020 and July 2021, more than one and a half million businesses and establishments closed in Mexico due to Covid-19.
Currently, there are already more than five billion people who, worldwide, have access to the Internet.
Social networks, once again, have begun to viralize a restaurant in Pachuca for charging the “cell phone charge” to one of its diners.
As has already been announced in various media and platforms, the arrival of Covid-19 was one of the hardest blows for various industries and the restaurant business is not far behind.
According to official figures, In Mexico City alone, around 13,500 restaurants closed due to the crisis caused by Covid-19.
On the other hand, data from National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI)in a period between October 2020 and July 2021, more than a million and a half businesses and establishments closed in Mexico due to Covid-19.
In this sense, since the year before, the experiences of diners returned to how they were lived prior to the pandemic, this being one of the most important both for establishments and for consumers themselves.
Based on this information, although it is true that a large number of restaurants closed and the industry has gradually recovered, reality dictates that there is a significant population of Mexicans and diners around the world who are returning to some of your old habits.
Restaurant surprises diner for charging “cell phone charge”; this paid
It is well known that we live in an era of hyperconnectivity and, in this sense, the use of mobile devices is one of the fastest growing in various parts of the world, Mexico included.
In fact, Mexico is one of the 10 countries with the highest number of Internet users. smartphoneswith a total of 78.4 million, according to data from newzoo.
From this perspective, we are talking about one of the most representative habits among millennials and centennialsreason for which the own smartphone of these years it is already a highly effective work tool and people take it everywhere.
On social networks, as often happens, an inexpensive restaurant -an economic kitchen- located in Pachuca, Hidalgo, has begun to go viral because it charged the diner 10 pesos for “charging his cell phone.”
According to what is read in the image shared on Twitter and other platforms, among the list that was consumed are some chilaquiles, coffee, fruit and, surprisingly, “cell phone charge”account that a total of 85 pesos was paid.
In these times of social networks and other digital platforms, the theme of “going viral” is one of the most constant. In fact, today we are already talking about a concept called “Viral Marketing”, this being one of the most important for brands.
And we must not forget that, as of today, there are already more than five billion Internet users worldwide, of which a total of 4.7 billion are adhered to social networks, according to what We Are Social and Meltwater.
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