Why can community canteens become a "new choice" to help the elderly?

The first is the richness of dishes. Although there are many old people's stations, most of them don't have kitchens, but cooperate with third parties to provide food assistance services. The central kitchen delivers meals to the post, and the elderly in the community come to the post to help themselves, or are delivered by the post. In this mode, most pension stations can only provide pension meals in the form of box lunch. Whether it is two meats and one vegetable or two meats and two vegetables, it can only solve the most basic needs of the elderly. "The elderly have a natural resistance to box lunch, thinking that it is not as hygienic as the food on the plate." A staff member of the beautiful neighborhood canteen in Jinsong District 2 said.

In contrast, community canteens have incomparable advantages over pension stations. Community canteens are also rooted in the community, close to the elderly, the price of vegetables is relatively close to the people, and they can also provide food delivery services for the elderly. More importantly, there are many kinds of dishes in community canteens, and the choice space is large. In order to eat more abundant dishes, Aunt Wang, who lives in Huimin Paradise in Lugu Street, went to Ideal Cloud Kitchen for dinner. "It's convenient to eat here. I wish I could open one at home. "

Secondly, the service groups are wider, and the cost of cooking for the elderly can be shared. Community canteens not only serve the elderly, but also provide convenience for nearby office workers and young people who don't like cooking in the community. Ms. Yang is a nucleic acid detector in Lu Gu community. The community canteen is as kind to her as the "staff canteen". "The community canteen is delicious and cheap, which is much more convenient than going to other places."

In contrast, the service capacity of food-aid points in the construction of pension stations is very limited. The reporter found that the daily order volume of a pension station is generally only a dozen to dozens of orders. Because of the meager profit of the pension meal, such a volume, coupled with the distribution cost, makes the post station hardly make any money. It is even more unrealistic to maintain the survival of the station simply by operating the elderly meal.

On the other hand, community canteens can dilute costs because of their wider service groups and large passenger flow. In some community canteens that can provide meals for the elderly, the profit of social meals can even cover the cost of meals for the elderly. Sun Miao, a frontline worker for the aged, thinks that community canteens may provide a sustainable way for catering services for the aged. "The pension station can strengthen cooperation with the community canteen, so that the community canteen can help the pension station solve the catering problem.