Yes, but it should be actively promoted. For a long time, canteens, hotels and other places have been the hardest hit areas for food waste. Especially in hotels and restaurants, the waste phenomenon is even more surprising. On the one hand, customers have personal reasons. For example, some customers are afraid of "losing face" when entertaining guests in hotels, so no matter how many people attend the banquet, a table is full of dishes. As a result, the banquet ended, leaving more than half, watching the waiter pour all the leftovers into the sewage bucket. This is a typical case of "making face fat". Not only will it kill your face, but it will also cause great waste. On the other hand, there are also reasons for hotels. Hotels are obliged to remind customers to "order on demand", but many hotels are worried that insufficient ordering will affect economic benefits, make customers "order more" and cause a lot of food waste.

In recent years, with the promulgation of the Anti-Food Waste Law, various new measures have been introduced to combat food waste, such as ordering food on demand, rewarding CDs, and packaging leftovers. Because this is only based on the level of "advocacy", the waste phenomenon is not carved in the roots of corporate canteens and hotel restaurants.

It is a good way to reduce waste for restaurants and hotels to provide "side dishes" for consumers to choose according to their consumption needs. "Small portions" can help diners, especially when the number of diners is small, not only can they taste more dishes, but also can avoid the waste caused by excessive portions, which is in line with the current initiative of "practicing economy and opposing waste" and greatly improves the catering civilization of consumers. Providing "side dishes" is a win-win move, which is worthy of praise and promotion.

1. Consumers Association promotes "small portion" and "half portion". 13 On March 3rd, China Consumers Association jointly launched an initiative with seven industry associations, associations and chambers of commerce, including China Hotel Association, China Nutrition Association, China Baked Food and Sugar Products Association, China Packaging Federation, China Chain Store & Franchise Association, internet society of china and China Electronic Commerce Association. Specifically, it advocates operators to quantify the weight and volume of the food they sell, mark the main flavor characteristics, transportation and storage requirements, and focus on promoting "the weight (volume) of food ordered online is clear" to better protect consumers' right to know; By subdividing catering units, actively promote "small portion" and "half portion", and accelerate the promotion of "small portion" and "half portion" in view of the waste of staple food in the scene of selling meals, so as to better protect consumers' right to choose; "Being able to clearly mark the price" means not inducing consumers to over-consume, and better protecting consumers' fair trading rights. Suggestions are also made in the business process and take-out link, encouraging the food and beverage take-out platform to combine dynamic ordering data information, release ordering reminder information and the whole process of ordering, and advocate correct ordering and green consumption. In addition, qualified platforms and catering operators are also encouraged to launch the "automatic food quantity reminder" function in online ordering. After setting the number of diners, this function will give a meal amount prompt according to different dining situations to help consumers make a choice. There are small plates on the take-away platform, but the weight is not indicated. Half a catty of food is very little.

2. A small number of take-away modern express reporters in a Jiangsu and Zhejiang restaurant opened the take-away platform and found that many merchants have launched side dishes. A Jiangsu and Zhejiang restaurant in Xuanwu District, Nanjing marked a small number of dishes on the takeaway platform. The first piece sold in this shop is chicken feather (small portion), which is marked as one person, and the price is 12 yuan. The whole plate is marked "about 500g" and the price is 25 yuan. Small portion price of pickled fish is 38 yuan, and the whole portion price is 68 yuan. The weight is marked as box, not "gram". △ A small number of takeaway reporters in a Jiangsu and Zhejiang restaurant asked the person in charge of the store about this problem, but she couldn't tell the difference between this and that. Another brand restaurant launched a small portion of half a chicken, weighing about 380 grams. The whole chicken weighs about 700 grams. A small number of pickled fish are sold in 25 yuan, with a marked weight of about 200g and detailed ingredients, including100g black fish fillet and 55g pickled fish. . . The price of whole fish with pickled cabbage is 45 yuan, with the marked weight of about 250g, black fillet of 200g and pickled cabbage 1 10g. On another take-away platform, the reporter found that some merchants had marked the weight when launching side dishes, most of them were not marked, and only "small portions" and "half portions" were distinguished. The reporter of Modern Express is located in nanjing xinjiekou, searching for keywords such as "snacks" and "half meals" on the take-away platform, and there is only one snack shop. 200g tricolor brown rice, 6.2 yuan, monthly sales 18 pieces; Half of tricolor brown rice is about 100g, the price is 4 yuan, and the monthly sales volume is 13. "The amount of rice in each takeaway shop is different, some are not enough and some are too much." Xiao Li, who works near Xinjiekou, often sells takeout with his colleagues. "Sometimes, I will look at the pictures sent by other netizens to see how many meters there are and whether it is enough. If the rice is very big, I will order a rice and share it with my colleagues. " Commercial take-away groups have demand for side dishes, and the order volume is high. "We noticed that take-away orders are different from those in restaurants. Most of them are single or two people, and there is a demand for side dishes. " 3. The owner of an online restaurant in Qinhuai District, Nanjing told the reporter that since June 5438+ 10 last year, the store has opened a side dish area on the take-away platform, providing small versions of famous dishes such as Thai Chili potato shreds and pickled chicken gizzards.