The elderly canteen don't always stare at the low price.

Original title: The elderly canteen do not always stare at low prices
Guangzhou from 2012 onwards to implement the elderly canteen, so far at the end of April this year, the city of Guangzhou has 104 streets (towns), 754 communities have carried out meal-assistance services, built 285 elderly meal-aid meals.
the elderly canteen is a good way to solve the old people's difficulty in eating, with the arrival of an aging society, the demand for supporting services for the elderly will be growing. However, from the previous media survey, on the one hand, the elderly meal service is in short supply, on the other hand, the elderly canteen is generally facing operational difficulties. Although the elderly canteen in many places has raised the cost of meals, it is still losing a lot of money and can only reduce the number of meals served.
for the elderly at home, children are not around, eating is a big problem, especially lunch, meal service for them is just needed. It is reasonable to say that having just needs means having a market, but since the market is broad, why is it difficult to operate? From the elderly canteen business model, from the beginning is in accordance with the path of charity in operation, the government subsidizes some, the elderly themselves out of some, social welfare institutions are responsible for the operation. However, many places are project start-up funds, but the follow-up is weak, there is no continuous support of the source of funds, difficult to sustain.
the elderly canteen is a daily old-age service. It has the following characteristics: First, convenient, can send food door-to-door, can also eat in the canteen, second, security, after all, is a community service project, food safety is guaranteed; It is not difficult to see that compared with the current market-oriented fast food and takeaway services, the advantages of the elderly canteen is not only cheap, more importantly, every day can be in the meal and the old neighborhood together to eat, chat, can give the elderly more spiritual comfort.
if the elderly canteen business focus on cheap, as long as prices rise, will certainly be difficult to operate. In fact, the economic situation of the elderly is different, and many elderly people are more concerned about the services provided by the elderly canteen than the low prices. In order to make the elderly canteen call the seat and not poor, we should change the mode of operation, on the one hand, to win more government and community financial support. On the other hand, we can operate differently, the elderly who are in financial difficulties, widows and widows can enjoy basic meals and subsidies, and the elderly with better economic conditions can have more choices. At the same time, it may be possible to open meal service to other people in need in the community to reduce costs by expanding the scale. The elderly canteen can continue to operate and expand in order to benefit more elderly people.
In short, solving the elderly three meals a day requires the government, society and the market to work together, more investment and more ways to enable the elderly to enjoy more quality old-age services, to live in old age. (Tam Min)