Food stuffs
The common style of takeaways at parties is the serving of food in styrofoam packs, which are always filled to the brim.
The food, which is mostly rice, is accompanied by various garnishes like plantain, moin moin (bean cake) and salad.
But this style of dishing so much food is no more, Economy&Lifestyle discovered. Many of these hosts attributed the high cost of rice, plantain, and beans, among other food items and the cost of preparing them, especially in large quantities, to such development.
However, some mentioned the ban on the use of styrofoam packs as one major reason for using box cartons to package food takeaways at their events.
Mrs. Gladys Asaga, a caterer, said: “Many event hosts request for 200 food packs of takeaways in styrofoam or plastic packs.
“But recently, many now started ordering food to be packed in box cartons and small quantities.
“Some will even customize the box cartons and send them to me to serve their guests with such.
“When I looked deep into the matter I saw they were only trying to cut costs.
“Even the plastic is now very expensive and takes lots of food.
“But the box cartons are usually small and can only take one and half portions of whatever food they request.
“The cost of a bag of rice has risen to almost N100,000 and that of beans is even worse.
“Then vegetable oil, and dairy products like meat, and chicken are very expensive.
“All these are put into consideration because some of these hosts are mostly doing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects and few of them get support from other organizations or bodies.” Vanguard
