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Tax reform 'positive' for restaurants, says Peri-Peri, Tokyo Milk Cheese boss

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Cathy Yang, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/01/04/010418_chang2.jpg"/><figcaption>A Tokyo Milk Cheese outlet operated by IFoods is shown in this handout photo</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA - Tax reform will have a &quot;net positive&quot; effect on the restaurant business, with people more likely to spend their extra take-home pay on eating out, a restaurateur said Thursday.Higher prices of sugar-sweetened drinks, however, would make some businessmen re-think their &quot;bottomless&quot; beverage options, said Bryan Tiu, president and CEO of IFoods that manages Peri-Peri Charcoal Chicken, LeTAO and Tokyo Milk Cheese Factory.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/video/business/01/03/18/unlimited-soda-stops-flowing-at-retailer-after-new-taxes">&#x27;Unlimited&#x27; soda stops flowing at retailer after new taxes </a></li></ul>&quot;It will be a net positive effect. It will be more take-home pay for the people. They will have more savings that they can spend on food,&quot; Tiu said in an exclusive interview with ANC&#x27;s The Boss.<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/01/04/010418_chang.jpg"/><figcaption>IFoods president and CEO Bryan Tiu speaks to Cathy Yang for ANC&#x27;s The Boss. ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div>Tiu said he would open at least 10 new stores this year and increase his 500-strong workforce by 10 percent, focusing on the greater Manila area.With the capital&#x27;s traffic jams, Tiu said some opt to just eat their dinner at the malls while waiting for the gridlocks to die down.IFoods, which has operations in Myanmar, has received franchise inquiries from Indonesia, Tiu said.Tiu said the last Christmas season showed Filipinos were shifting to &quot;premium&quot; food items as gifts, as shown by sales of Tokyo Milk Cheese Factory.&quot;There was good spike for the gifting segment,&quot; he said.

Tax reform will have a "net positive" effect on the restaurant business, with people more likely to spend their extra take-home pay on eating out, a restaurateur said Thursday.

Tax reform will have a "net positive" effect on the restaurant business, with people more likely to spend their extra take-home pay on eating out, a restaurateur said Thursday.

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Tax reform 'positive' for restaurants, says Peri-Peri, Tokyo Milk Cheese boss

Cathy Yang,

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Published Jan 04, 2018 12:56 PM PHT

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Updated Jan 04, 2018 01:33 PM PHT

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