Advocacy of saving, from the source to eliminate the catering waste.
Wuhan Catering Industry Association issued an initiative letter, put forward six initiatives, including: the implementation of the N-1 ordering mode, that is, 10 dining guests can only order nine people's dishes. "As a matter of fact, we have been advocating the CD-ROM action since 2013, including the 'N-1 ordering mode', and many restaurants in Wuhan have been offering free packing services one after another." Liu Guoliang, president of the Wuhan Catering Industry Association, said that advocating savings has brought benefits to the catering industry instead of losses.
He used a set of data to compare, in 2012, Wuhan catering industry turnover in about 40 billion, when about 20% to 30% are wasted, since 2013 Wuhan actively advocate CD-ROM action, in 2019 Wuhan catering industry turnover of 123 billion. "About 5 to 6 percent of dining is now wasted, which is a big improvement over the past, but it's a significant number that adds up to more than 1 billion, and the wasted food clogs the sewers, pollutes the Mother River and misleads children."
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Previously, guests used to order food in the form of n+1, for example, five people would order six or seven dishes for fear of not having enough, or ordering less to lose face. But now, we advocate ordering n-1, five people point four dishes can be, or to point a small portion of the main dishes, to avoid waste. Since the introduction of the saving measures, it is very popular with guests, and the garbage is also reduced from the source, significantly reduced.
For example, they launched the "assorted siu mai", which is the restaurant's most popular four kinds of siu mai put together, guests can taste four flavors by ordering one. Once launched, it was very popular. In addition, they have also introduced "half-cage siu mai" for breakfast, reducing a cage of 8 to a cage of 4, which is more suitable for breakfast needs. Now, the restaurant can reduce food waste by more than a quarter every day.
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