as the canteen housekeeper, Zhao Zhongyong, the chef who has more than 20 years' experience of chef, manages all the affairs of the canteen a day. Zhao Zhongyong counted every account and talked to reporters as "mass cost" and "cost control". But it was a word that he thought every day was how to make the canteen do not lose.
"the canteen is not big, it's 100% flat, and I work 8." Zhao Zhongyong told reporters that the house is the neighborhood committee, and the staff are the public service posts purchased by the government. "Despite this, the dining hall has been losing money for nearly half a year and has just been able to maintain a fair balance. To tell you the truth, the ingredients used in the outside cafe can't compare with us, but our price can't compare with them. " Although Zhao Zhongyong has been making efforts in adjusting vegetable varieties, focusing on procurement and expanding service targets, the effect is not obvious. "To put it plainly, in a word, the cost of food is too high and the price is too low."
the former director of the seven East community neighborhood committee, Fu Qian, has been transferred to other communities for 4 years, but reminiscent of the experience of setting up the old table at the time still sob. "It's too hard!" Fu Qian told reporters that the seven East community is a typical old community, the elderly are especially many, many old people because the children are not around, the inconvenience of action and other reasons for the problem of eating difficult. For this reason, the neighborhood committee put forward the idea of setting up an old table.
"we had a favorable condition at that time, that is, the neighborhood committee has run a small table, which has been operating well and has been profitable. We rely on this small table to set up an old table. Fu Qian recalled that at that time, the workers who borrowed the small table directly first cooked the old man's food and cooked the food for the children. Fu Qian told reporters that when the government had no subsidy, the neighborhood committee subsidized the old table with the money earned from the table, which lasted until October 2013.
government funding is not long - term, and the cafeteria will be "weaned" sooner or later,
2016, in June, the city of meadow New Village Street office and the basic love Social Service Center signed a two year cooperation agreement, based on the operation of the Dadian community dining hall in charge of meadow, and the cost of this project is more than 400 thousand yuan per year. "The start of the project requires financial support, which is certain, but this is not a sustainable development model." Zhang Luning, the director of the street office of the meadow new village, expressed his view clearly. The street was planned to support the two years, and two years later, the community canteen could be managed independently.
"community canteen operation for half a year, we conducted an assessment, not very satisfied." Zhang Luning said they gave feedback to Kei and asked them to make adjustments. "After a year, we will make an assessment. If the effect is not good, we need to make adjustments." Although the community cafeteria has not yet entered a benign operation state, Zhang Lu Ning is very sure that the government will wean it sooner or later.
Zhang Lu Ning's ideal state is that the government must invest in certain property resources and convert them into economic benefits and introduce enterprises to participate. "Enterprises must provide nutrition and health food for the elderly, we subsidize the rent income to the elderly to eat, of course, we are not completely out of operation, we will guide, supervise and service. On the other hand, we also encourage enterprises to provide services to more social groups, and the employees of community and community units can come to eat here, which can be completely marketed so that enterprises can gain profit.
Zhang Luning's view has been recognized by Zhang Hongying, the associate professor of social work at the school of philosophy and social development of Shandong University. "Government investment is not a long term, but it can only play a role in the start-up and nurturing stage of the project. In the final analysis, social pension should be carried out."
at present, the community canteens of Dian Liu are living in some attempts. Whether they are young people in the community or workers in nearby units, they can eat cards, but they need to buy meals according to market prices. "Although it is the market price, the quality of our dish is definitely higher than that of other fast food restaurants, and the price is slightly lower." Zhao Zhongyong said that these groups still have some profits in dining, but the proportion is relatively small. In June 2016, the community canteen was officially opened to the outside world. Up to now, there are 870 residents in the community canteen, of whom more than 80% are elderly people over 60 years old.
Chen Yecui insists that no matter what the quality of the meal is, the price can not go up. "The community canteen is not a commercial restaurant. It serves for the elderly in the community. In the future, no matter what mode of operation is adopted, we must ensure that the quality can not be lowered and prices can not rise. If vegetable prices go up, many elderly people with poor economic conditions can not afford to spend, which is totally out of our original intention of starting a community canteen.
the old man, after finishing the meal after dinner, was ready to leave the canteen and turned to the reporter and said, "you must boastfully boastful to our canteen, let our canteen do it well, and never shut the door."