The principal of Tengyue Middle School originally planned to implement Xu's Catering's group meals directly in the school on Monday.
However, despite the detailed information provided in posters and flyers, many parents still had doubts. Almost every homeroom teacher received messages from more than ten parents asking why the lunch supplier had been suddenly changed.
Some even indirectly inquired with their child's homeroom teacher whether the new catering company had any connection with the principal.
Ultimately, in order to dispel the parents' doubts and restore his reputation, the principal of Tengyue Middle School planned to invite the students' parents to the school to try the group meals provided by Xu's Catering.
There are a total of 42 classes across the three grades. Each class selected three student parent representatives to arrive at the auditorium of Tengyue Middle School at 10:30 am on Sunday for a food tasting event.
Parents were very enthusiastic about the tasting event. Before 11 a.m., they had all arrived at the school auditorium, waiting for the event to begin and whispering among themselves.
At first, everyone exchanged pleasantries, asking who you were, who your child was, how well you were doing in school, and which high school you planned to attend.
But as time went by and the tasting event drew closer, the conversations among the participants gradually shifted to the tasting event itself.
"I didn't want to come originally, but I wouldn't feel at ease if I didn't come in person. Half of the semester is already over, and I don't know why the school chose this time to change suppliers."
"I've heard some rumors about this. Apparently, the supplier we were working with before wants to raise prices, but the school doesn't agree, and things have gotten tense between them!"
"Why not just choose a local company in Zhuzhou? Why did you choose a company that just finished renovations and opened the day before yesterday?" The man lowered his voice and asked, "Could this company be owned by a relative of the principal or something?"
"It shouldn't be. Although that company only recently opened, it has been operating in Haishi for almost half a year."
Just as the two were about to continue their conversation and delve deeper into the topic, a slightly overweight figure entered the auditorium, walked straight to the stage, stood behind the podium in the center, and picked up the microphone.
"Good afternoon, parents and teachers. I am Wang Fulong, head of the bidding department of Xu's Catering. Now, I will introduce to you how Xu's Catering was born and has grown into a large company."
In five minutes, I gave a quick and simple overview of the history of Xu's Catering since its establishment, focusing on its cooperation with Shanghai.
When Wang Fulong mentioned the names of several large companies, when the parents heard that Xu's Catering was cooperating with the Haikou Municipal Government, and when they learned that Xu's Catering's fruit and vegetable supplier was the renowned Fengshou Farm, their doubts dissipated by a third.
After introducing the company's history and cooperation, Wang Fulong reassured the parents.
"Xu's Catering has an internal rule that samples of the dishes produced are taken and preserved every day for up to five days."
Furthermore, the company invited professional nutrition experts to customize lunch dishes for students, ensuring that the portions and nutritional value meet the needs of adolescents' growth and development.
The menu is structured in 28-day, or four-week, cycles, with different dishes served each day within each cycle.
"Old Deng, is Xu's Catering really as meticulous as you say? Three dishes and a soup every day for almost thirty days without repeating? Unbelievable, unbelievable."
Knock knock—knock knock knock—
A sudden knock on the door interrupted the conversation in the principal's office. As everyone's eyes fell on the principal's office door, it creaked open, and a man carrying an insulated box appeared before them.
"Hello everyone, I'm a deliveryman from Xu's Catering. These are eight boxed meals ordered by Deng Zhichun. Please sign for them!"
As he spoke, the man took out a shipping label and a pen from his chest bag, then his gaze quickly swept over the eight people, as if trying to find his target among them.
"You want to sign it? Just give it to me."
Upon hearing this, Deng Zhichun, the principal of Tengyue Middle School, stepped forward and approached the man. He took the pen and wrote his name on the free delivery slip. After thanking him, the delivery man placed the food from the insulated box on the coffee table and left the principal's office with the insulated box.
Before Principal Deng could even give a signal, the other seven people, as soon as the office door closed, gathered around the coffee table, each grabbing a boxed lunch, placing it in front of them, opening it, and evaluating the dishes.
The night-blooming cereus, soybean, and pork bone soup is a fairly standard dish, but it has a good amount of ingredients.
Braised chicken drumsticks, eight drumsticks of roughly the same size, a generous portion, and the meat inside and out is very flavorful, excellent;
Stir-fried cauliflower with Chinese sausage: The high temperature forces the oil out of the sausage, and the fluffy cauliflower becomes soft and tender under the oil, full of salty and savory aroma. Excellent.
The last dish is stir-fried romaine lettuce. You can tell just by looking at it that this romaine lettuce is not simmered in water, but cooked in a hot pan with cold oil like regular romaine lettuce. It is refreshing and crisp, and has a high value in cutting through greasiness. Excellent!
"The portions are quite generous, and the taste is good too. If the lunch quality can be maintained at this level, then Xu's Catering is indeed better than the previous supplier."
"Yes, that's very practical. They even sampled and preserved the food for five days, so if the child gets an upset stomach, they can trace the source immediately."
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