Informational Interview

I interviewed Edward Din, owner and manager of Wong's Chinese Restaurant in Norfolk, Virginia.  From this interview, I was able to gain an insight into a family-run business and how it is affected by seasonal changes.  Mr. Din and I spent the majority of the interview discussing how his restaurant's business is affected by its location as it sits on the beach.  In the summer, Mr. Din employees many employees because the restaurant sees a lot of customers in the warm weather.  Once the season's start to change and the temperature cools, the restaurant loses many of its customers and they are forced to let non-family employees go until business once again regains momentum.   I had never thought before how the economics of a business could be affected by its location and and the regional weather.  It makes me wonder how many other restaurants see a change in profits and have to let their employees go at certain times of the year and how important it is to those restaurants when they open.  I thought the interview was definitely beneficial because I learned about a different aspect of the restaurant industry.