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Always been a fan of buffet restaurants, bar the cheapest dirtiest ones, but experience on holiday has soured it a bit. Food was fantastic, tons of salads and fresh food but when we asked on the last night anything left at the end of the night gets binned.
How they can do this from a cost perspective I don't know but obviously they want the buffet to still look great for the stragglers so when we leave an hour before the end there is still a load of food out and not many diners to come.
I think UK restaurants are probably better at this and lavish international hotels the worst, but it's making me not want to stay at a buffet hotel again, despite it being perfect for small children.
Any experiences from inside the industry?
How they can do this from a cost perspective I don't know but obviously they want the buffet to still look great for the stragglers so when we leave an hour before the end there is still a load of food out and not many diners to come.
I think UK restaurants are probably better at this and lavish international hotels the worst, but it's making me not want to stay at a buffet hotel again, despite it being perfect for small children.
Any experiences from inside the industry?
ScotHill said:
Mr Pointy said:
What do you expect them to do with it?
I expect them to manage what they put out instead of continually dishing out twenty poached pears and binning sixteen of them.steveo3002 said:
so book a b&b and make your own sandwiches
billy big b***ocks flash hotel is wastefull shocker !
You must have tiny bbilly big b***ocks flash hotel is wastefull shocker !
ks if a week in Lanzarote is big bks.Food waste is a big domestic topic but I've never heard of buffet restaurants being a big part of it, it's making me question where I'm eating.
From experience many years ago of working in a buffet chain in the UK, which is no longer open, there was definitely some food waste, the main being salads as they didn't keep overnight once opened.
However, a lot of the food got run down, and tricks used to still make it look full, like smaller dishes of what would get wasted, a bigger dish of something that would keep until next service etc. Not perfect, but did reduce the potential waste by quite a bit. Then, yes, as others have said, the stuff that would have to get thrown would be left in the back for staff to grab after closing as they were cleaning up.
However, a lot of the food got run down, and tricks used to still make it look full, like smaller dishes of what would get wasted, a bigger dish of something that would keep until next service etc. Not perfect, but did reduce the potential waste by quite a bit. Then, yes, as others have said, the stuff that would have to get thrown would be left in the back for staff to grab after closing as they were cleaning up.
ScotHill said:
You must have tiny bks if a week in Lanzarote is big bks.
and you must be a bundle of laughs if you take a family holiday and all you can do is gripe the hotel threw out some food , bet they're heating a big pool 24/7 and washing the bed sheets every day tooks if a week in Lanzarote is big bks.take it or leave it ...get a nice tent and some brown bread
steveo3002 said:
and you must be a bundle of laughs if you take a family holiday and all you can do is gripe the hotel threw out some food , bet they're heating a big pool 24/7 and washing the bed sheets every day too
take it or leave it ...get a nice tent and some brown bread
We've had a great time thank you, d'you want to see the photos? We asked the waitress on the last night and she was embarrassed at the waste too, it's a management problem. And yes we'll probably make different choices in the future.take it or leave it ...get a nice tent and some brown bread
ScotHill said:
We've had a great time thank you, d'you want to see the photos? We asked the waitress on the last night and she was embarrassed at the waste too, it's a management problem. And yes we'll probably make different choices in the future.
What, like not jetting around the world to go on holiday?With a buffet you can never be sure what will be eaten, they will be doing their best to reduce waste because food in the bin is where your profit goes.
21TonyK said:
Long time since I was doing buffets but IME most of what was left over went was eaten by staff there and then, anything else often went into the staff accommodation and festered in their fridges for the rest of the week.
Generally very little thrown away.
That was my experience of working in a conference centre.Generally very little thrown away.
Bacon Is Proof said:
21TonyK said:
Long time since I was doing buffets but IME most of what was left over went was eaten by staff there and then, anything else often went into the staff accommodation and festered in their fridges for the rest of the week.
Generally very little thrown away.
That was my experience of working in a conference centre.Generally very little thrown away.
See if Too Good To Go operate in the area. Quite a few bakeries and supermarkets on it around here, where you a pay a fiver and get a box of whatever they have left over. My Mrs recently discovered that one of the local hotels is on it, so when thier breakfast closes at 10:30 you can pay a fiver to fill a box up with any fresh leftovers to take away.
I worked with this company for some time https://www.leanpath.com/
Their technology helps hotels minimise the waste from buffets, I thought it was a very interesting idea and one the hotel chains do seem to be taking very seriously.
Their technology helps hotels minimise the waste from buffets, I thought it was a very interesting idea and one the hotel chains do seem to be taking very seriously.
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