Compared with socialized catering, community canteens have strong public welfare attributes. To achieve good quality and low price, it is often difficult to make ends meet in the early stage of growth, and it needs the support of government departments, communities and social forces. At present, many local government departments actively explore and introduce various support policies, such as issuing operating subsidies, reducing rents and providing free operating space.
To realize the long-term healthy operation of community canteens, the market-oriented development model is the general trend. At present, some successful cases show that through professional and market-oriented operation, community canteens can achieve "low-profit sustainability" and form a self-hematopoietic mechanism.
Community Sashido, bearing great articles on people's livelihood, has great potential for future development. Experts believe that in the future, it is necessary not only for government departments to increase their support, but also for community canteens to operate more efficiently in a market-oriented way and do this livelihood work scientifically and steadily.
"As long as 10 yuan, there is one meat and one vegetable."
"Older people over 60 can get a 20% discount on meals."
"You can eat downstairs, and three meals a day are different."
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In recent years, community canteens serving residents have gradually appeared in many residential quarters. This kind of canteen is often small in size, but it is affordable and convenient to eat, which effectively solves the dining problem of nearby residents. What kind of people can the community canteen cover? Can it be cheap and good? How is it different from other catering modes? With these questions, the reporter visited a number of community canteens.
Meet the dining needs
This year, it is planned to renovate 39,000 old urban communities, among which the construction of community canteens has become a "must-have" in the renovation list of many old communities.
With the sound of frying, Huang Chengcheng's fried dough sticks are out of the pot! 165438+1In the early morning of October 30, the reporter saw this scene in the canteen of Jinsongbei Community, Chaoyang District, Beijing.
"This kind of fried dough sticks is made of flour, butter, milk and eggs, and the cost is three times that of ordinary fried dough sticks. It has become a' star breakfast' in this area. " Chef Sun Hongwei said. It looks crisp, smells delicious and tastes healthy, depending on the price, it only costs two yuan a piece.
At noon on February 2nd, 65438, Zhao Meng, who works in a nearby office building, bought a set meal of spinach and chicken, one meat and one vegetable, as long as 10 yuan. Although Zhao Meng doesn't live in this community, he eats here every noon. "It's cheap and convenient, and he can go back to the office to take a nap after dinner."
The reporter found in many places that affordable prices are an important feature of community canteens. According to Shangguan Yuxia, the head of the "Tang Wei Food" community canteen, this is determined by the nature of the community canteen itself.
What is a community canteen? "Compared with social catering, the service scenarios and operational logic of community canteens are completely different, and the most important thing is cost performance." Shangguan Yuxia listed three characteristics of community canteens: from the perspective of site selection, it is located in or around the community, and the rental cost is much lower than that of most restaurants located in the business district; From the customer base, we are faced with the relatively fixed customer base of community residents, who are "repeat customers"; From the positioning point of view, the taste is more homely, and the environment and service pay more attention to kindness and truth.