Following the contraction of Meituan Express donkey business, Meicai.com, a B2B platform for fresh e-commerce, is also shrinking its front line.
On September 3rd, it was reported that services in some cities in Meicai.com were closed and large areas began to merge.
The Chengdu R&D Center of American Cuisine will be abolished as a whole, and the technical departments such as product R&D in Beijing headquarters, business departments such as purchasing and sales, and financial departments are all facing 50% or more layoffs.
"2 1CBR" asks about American food. To verify this information. As of press time, the other party did not respond.
As early as February this year, American food. Com adjusts its business model from the self-operated mode of heavy investment to the platform mode of light assets. Only some self-operated businesses are retained, most of which are fresh businesses, and American food is charged as a platform.
The previous self-operated mode consumed a lot of resources for a good meal.
Take company employees as an example. In August, 2020, Meicai.com executives said in public that Meicai No.1 has 35,000 employees, including 20,000 drivers and over 200 technical engineers/kloc-0.
Employees of this size are a big cost for startups. According to media statistics, since its establishment, the total financing of American cuisine has exceeded 8 billion.
Under the epidemic situation, the catering industry is struggling. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the national catering revenue in 2020 was 3,952.7 billion yuan, down 16.6% compared with previous years. As a delicious food in the upstream of the supply chain, its business has also been affected.
In February of this year, Liu Chuanjun, founder and CEO of American cuisine, said frankly in a video, "In the face of the sudden epidemic, every business friend of ours has been greatly affected, and so has American cuisine."
Half a year has passed, Mei Cai has not announced any new financing news, and no concrete progress has been made in IPO. Without the influx of new funds, the company closed some businesses and laid off employees as a last resort.