One of the main concerns of bakery and other perishable items is the short shelf life of products. Thats why their supply chain management and demand prediction usually had to be spot on. But no matter how much effort you put, there will be wastage. No matter how much calculation and over calculation you do, you can never predict exactly how much pastries will be sold everyday.
The point to be noted is not that pastries will be wasted. The point is what will you do with the extra pastries that remains after the end of the day.
You can always sell it the next day. Few, if any, would understand the difference. But for a long term quality / brand building purpose, this is the least favorable option.
Then of course, you can always give it to charity. Not only give it to charity, communicate that you give it to charity. This will not inly assure the customers that you are not selling stale food. But also, it creates a very favorable disposition about your shop in the mind of the customers.
And at the end of the day, thats all that matters.
4 comments
Bangladesh Corporate Blog
September 19, 2008 at 9:40 am
Good idea…this will make a simple thing look like so noble and honest in cause. Indeed successful businesses don’t do different things, they do same things differently. Also, the bakeries can put up some picture in the shop, tie up with say some social agency who would endorse their act, some good acts which will serve the business in the long run.
Rumi
September 21, 2008 at 2:59 pm
It goes like the CSR from the Corporate houses.
shahriar amin
September 22, 2008 at 7:06 am
Absolutely. I was always intrigued by what bakeries do with their left overs. But i guess some things are better left unknown.
But this is something so simple, that i wonder why we are not doing it.
fareeha
September 24, 2008 at 10:07 am
well, the idea of giving away the food is very good…but in my opinion…some things are better if remain untold…