Biting Off More Than They Can Chew: Food Waste at Hotel Breakfast Buffets
研究测量了酒店早餐自助餐的食物浪费，发现儿童数量多、俄罗斯客人多、奥地利或德国客人少、用餐区客人少以及自助餐台设置多会增加浪费，为酒店减少浪费提供了针对性建议。
Tourists bite off more than they can chew at hotel breakfast buffets. Food waste from hotel buffets means unnecessary food cost for hotels as well as an unnecessary burden on the environment. The present study measured food waste at a hotel breakfast buffet and identified the following guest and breakfast characteristics as being significantly associated with higher plate waste: more children in the guest mix, more Russians and less Austrians or Germans, fewer hotel guests in the breakfast buffet area as well as more buffet stations being set up. These insights contribute to knowledge on environmental sustainability in tourism, pointing to interesting market segments for targeting in high demand periods as well as promising target segments for interventions (e.g., families) and indicate that simple measures such as rearrangements of the breakfast room may reduce food waste.