He tino ohorere ngā tatauranga mō ngā katinga o ngā wharekai e pā ana ki te mate urutā: i te tīmatanga o tēnei tau, i kōrero a Fortune e 110,000 ngā pae inu me ngā wharekai ka kati i te tau 2020. Ko te pono pouri, mai i te wā i tohatohahia tuatahitia ai ngā raraunga, tera pea he maha atu ngā wāhi kua kati. I tēnei wā pōrearea mō te umanga kai me te inu, he mea āwhina te kimi i te huarahi pai, ko tētahi o aua mea ko te taea e tātou katoa te tohu ki tētahi wāhi aroha kua ora i ngā āhuatanga e kore e taea te whakaaro. E ai ki a Nation's Restaurant News, ko tētahi huarahi nui mō ngā wharekai ki te ātete i te mate urutā me te haere tonu ki te mahi pera ko te takai.
I te mea kua kati ngā wharekai puta noa i te motu nā te tawhiti hapori me ngā whakaritenga mō te mau kopare kanohi, kei te huri ngā wharekai ki te tango kai, te tango kai, me te kohi kai i te taha o te rori—e mōhio ana koe ki tēnei wāhanga. Engari kua whakaatuhia e ngā meka mō ia huringa mahi mohio, he wāhi nui anō hoki te whakatau tākai mohio.
Hei tauira, i rapu huarahi te rōpū wharekai papai o Chicago, RPM, ki te tuku i ā rātou tina mīti reka me ngā kai Itari ki ngā kāinga o te tangata, me te kore e whakaiti i te kounga. He otinga tēnei? Te huri mai i ngā ipu kirihou hei tango kai ki ngā ipu konumohe, ka taea te whakawhiti tika ki te oumu a te kiritaki hei whakamahana anō.
I te Tāone o Niu Ioka, he tohunga a Osteria Morini ki te hanga rimurapa hou. Engari e mōhio ana tātou katoa, he uaua ki te tuku i ēnei mea nā te mea i roto i te wā, ka mimiti te ranu katoa i ngā nūru kua tunua pērā i te hautai, ā, ko te kai e tukuna ana ki tō tatau he rite ki te puranga nui, kua whakawhāitihia. Nō reira, kua haumi te wharekai ki ngā peihana hou, hohonu ake ka taea te tāpiri i te ranu - he nui ake i te mea ka taea e ngā nūru te mimiti i te wā e kawe ana.
Hei whakamutunga, i roto i te Pizzeria Portofino o Chicago (tētahi atu wharekai o te RPM Group), ka noho te takai hei momo kāri pakihi. He kai tino pai te piza mō te tango kai, ā, kāore anō kia pai ake te pouaka piza tawhito. Engari i tāpirihia e Portofino he raupapa o ngā mahi toi ātaahua i roto i ngā tae kanapa ki āna pouaka, he mahi i hangaia hei whakaatu i te wharekai i roto i te takai me te maumahara ki a ia i te wā e hiahia ana ngā kaihoko ki te tono piza. Kāore ianei he mea miharo te kai tina i roto i tētahi ipu ātaahua pēnei?
Haunga ēnei mahi auaha mō te takai, i kōrero anō hoki te tuhinga a NRN mō ētahi atu mahi atamai a ngā wharekai hei whakautu i ngā katinga o ngā wharekai me ngā momo wero pakihi, he mea tika kia pānuihia. E mōhio ana ahau, ā te wā e kawea mai ai e au ki te kāinga he kai matua tino maoa, he tino wera, ka whai māramatanga hou ahau mō ngā whakaaro auaha katoa e whakarite ana kia tae mai.
Ko te raruraru nui rawa atu i kitea e au i tō mātou tau tango kai ko te haumākū. Me pupuri tonu te wera o ngā paepae styrene/kirihou me ngā taupoki, ahakoa he rite te rauemi, he kātene rānei, engari kāore e whakapūhaumākūtia kia kore ai e mākū ngā mea o roto i te wai whakapūhau. Ko te mea kino rawa atu ko te whakamahinga tonu o ngā pēke kirihou hei utu mō te pepa. He pai ki ahau te kite i tētahi rauemi hangarua ka taea te whakahaere i te makuku me te wai whakapūhau, me te pupuri tonu i te mahana o te kai. He pai ake te ipu/taupoki penupenu, engari nā te mea he mea pania te roto ki te ware pi (kia kore ai e mimiti te wai me te memeha), kua hoki anō tātou ki te tīmatanga. He maeneene ake pea te raro/paepae, he mea pania ki te ware pi, he mea hiri rānei, me tētahi tihi motuhake, he mata taratara o roto, kāore he hiri, hei hopu i ētahi o te makuku e puta ake ana i te kai. Ina kōrero tātou mō te whakawhanake i tēnei ahumahi, he aha e kore ai e titiro ki tētahi mea matotoru ake, ka taea te whakamahana i roto i tētahi wharekai i mua i te whakakīia ki te kai hei whakamahana i te wā e tuku kai ana?
Wā tuku: Whiringa-ā-rangi 13-2021