Can you imagine going to a Carvery, and seeing some overweight fella piling his plate up high? Oh, and then the bloke returns to the vegetables a few times to fill his plate all over again! My parents once told me about going for a meal near where my Dad grew up in South Liverpool, and witnessing that very same scene.
On the other end of the scale though, the consequences of some restaurants having offers to eat as much as you like do also include instances in which customers will waste food. This is concerning as much from a moral point of view, as it is from an environmental viewpoint.
Just a fraction of all wasted food in the world would satisfy the needs of those who are malnourished. If trees were planted on the land currently used to grow food surpluses, then this could go some way to offset greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel combustion.
An "all that you can eat buffet" restaurant in Switzerland has now implemented a charge of $5.65 for a customer leaving food on a plate. Straightaway, I do identify one common sense example in which a customer has clearly been trying to experiment a new taste, and tried a very modest portion. In that scenario, such a charge should not apply. Otherwise I say WHAT A JOLLY GOOD IDEA!
Going back to the chap in the same restaurant as my Mum and Dad, I do realise he would be most unlikely to face a leftover food charge. But that said eating disorders can sometimes develop over time. If leftover food charges do become more of a norm in restaurants, then they may also become a useful tool in sending the right messages to people on a variety of points regarding food consumption.
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