Why is the buffet so cheap?

Buffet is a very popular form of gathering. I believe many people know that you must choose the expensive one and eat back the money you spent. "Help the wall in, help the wall out" is the way people eat buffet, but can they really eat it back? Uncle Wang next door gave us a lecture on popular science. As a result, no way!

In order to eat bonus hunter in the cafeteria, various buffet strategies have appeared on the Internet, and countless buffet experiences have been summarized.

Some people carefully study the satiety differences of various foods, carefully design the meal time and order, and even carefully choose the table. For example, being closer to the main table can be the first to grab expensive ingredients.

There is also a "seven-step eating cafeteria" widely circulated on the Internet, which advocates "eating fruit first, then eating seafood" and "drinking as little as possible", and adding some salads between different types of food to "slow down", thus gradually returning to basics.

But in fact, the cafeteria can't be eaten by customers, and it's not that easy for you to refund money in the cafeteria.

At this time, a child came to ask. If I don't mention eating the day before, I will eat lobster and steak, and all the green leafy vegetables will be sidelined. This time, it was the boss's turn to cry. In fact, it is not difficult to answer this question. You must first understand the ingredients and wholesale cost of the cafeteria.

Unlike the price of buying ingredients in the vegetable market, wholesale ingredients are often cheaper.

Because the cafeteria, like other catering enterprises, can lower the price of ingredients through wholesale procurement.

A kilo of retail swimming crab costs 40 to 50 yuan, while a restaurant only needs 100 yuan when buying 15 kg. The price of 1 kg frozen clam meat is close to that of 50 yuan, but the purchase price is only 13 yuan ... A large number of purchases can often depress the price of ingredients, while the cafeteria consumes more ingredients and the purchase price is more favorable.

Moreover, compared with the food you eat in a special restaurant, the cafeteria will relax some requirements on the quality of ingredients to reduce the cost and price.

For example, in general restaurants, fresh abalone is basically used for fishing with abalone juice, and the price of an abalone may be around 20 yuan, while the cafeteria with the same or slightly lower price may use frozen dried abalone, and the price of each abalone is only 5 yuan.

When we eat barbecue and rinse meat, we usually choose beef and mutton, but these two kinds of meat are more expensive in the market, so many vendors will choose meat that is much cheaper than beef and mutton.

For example, duck breast meat is used instead of beef, because the wholesale price of duck breast meat is equivalent to one-third or even lower than that of beef (depending on the purchase volume).

In fact, duck breast meat is very common in buffets, especially hot pot buffets. The picture below shows the duck breast meat rolls that are common in the wholesale of duck breast meat:

Other common meat choices are pork or chicken breast. Chicken breast is rare because it is low in fat and easy to find in the color list. Pork is due to its higher price (although it is much cheaper than beef). Secondly, in the cafeteria, frozen seafood is often provided to customers, and the cost can be imagined.