749 restaurant outlets will serve 'half vegetables'

"Waste at the tip of the tongue" can finally be solved.

Consumers can choose "a small portion of vegetables" to reduce the waste in the restaurant. Yesterday, the Beijing Municipal Commission of Commerce, the Municipal Catering Industry Association, the Beijing Cuisine Association, and the Beijing Western Food Association released the “Food and Beverage Industry Initiative to Save Against Waste” and launched a number of anti-waste measures. The 749 stores of the first batch of 10 large-scale catering enterprises responded and gradually provided consumers with “half food”, “small portions of vegetables”, “hot dish platters” and free packaging, encouraging the removal of unfinished leftovers. .

The leftovers package is no longer charged by the person in charge of the Municipal Commission of Commerce. The first responders are Quanjude, Huatian, Xiabu Xiabu, Yifangfang, Donglaishun, Jiahe Yipin, Meizhou Dongpo, Hunan and Hubei Province, Wangshun Pavilion and Halla Mountain. The restaurant brand involved 749 stores and its operating revenue accounted for 8.8% of the city's catering revenue.

Tang Qingshun, president of the Beijing Catering Industry Association, said that at present most of the restaurants are "standard plates". Dishes do not matter whether they are small or large. Consumers always want to taste a few more dishes. The result is that they eat far less. "According to the experiments conducted by some companies in the early period, distinguishing between the size of the dishes and the setting up of 'small dishes' and 'half dishes' can reduce the wastage of family dining by 50%."

These food and beverage outlets are currently formulating further menus for “half servings”, “small dishes” and “hot dishes”, and the prices are determined according to the principle of “half and half price, small price”. In addition, at present, some restaurants will charge the cost of a lunch box or a plastic bag when packing. This time it can provide free package service, no longer charge, but also use environmentally friendly packaging, do not provide disposable wooden chopsticks and ultra-thin plastic bags.

Waste will be reduced by 40%. Tang Qingshun also introduced that the restaurant will then put on a “remindful amount of meal leftovers” branding signboard in a prominent place. Currently, various catering companies are training waiters, and consumers have experience in ordering food in restaurants. According to the number of people and the time, the waiter will promptly “appropriate ordering” to help the customer with a good number of orders.

As for the more serious business dinner, it is proposed to gradually implement the “divided meals” system. The waiters will divide the dishes evenly among the tableware of each diners, and eat one dish and then one dish to avoid waste.

Tang Qingshun said that the first batch of 749 stores will affect other catering companies. In the future, if more than 80% of catering enterprises in Beijing respond to provide “half food” and free packages, restaurant-kitchen garbage will be recycled and leftovers by qualified companies. The waste caused by leftovers will be reduced by about 40%. He also said that during the past few months, "the consumption of high-end liquor has dropped significantly."

The Municipal Commission of Commerce pointed out that all major restaurant chains should explore the establishment of a long-term mechanism, and implement strict conservation and waste as one of the important assessments for restaurant brand promotion and brand evaluation.