QUALITY VS QUANTITY
The difference between quantity and quality is that quantity is a forward
movement toward a goal, as quality is a progressive improvement towards society
Major challege
for food industry is to maintain the food quality by producing big quantity. But it is harder than what it looks
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As we can see in the article on top,
food produces in a large quantity and outside the home is often followed by a
low quality. They are treating the food with GMO's and other type of pesticide which
causes the nourishing elements in the foods to diminish and disease causing to
rise. Meat, fish and fresh food are placed in special conditions, like frozen,
so that they can be exported in big quantity all across the world. But this
could affect the quality of the food because of the bacteria that often develops
in animal products and can cause foodborne illnesses to occur.
But we can see in this second
document that "good quality" food tend to be more expensive as we
notice that people tend to make the decision to eat fast food because of his
low prices. We notice that high-quality, fresh food is the most important
factor measured at both fast-food and fast-casual restaurants, which mean that people
are at least aware of the risk of bacteria in process food.
As fast-food and fast-casual restaurants
should each works on their weaknesses and tout their strengths. It will push
consumers even more into wanting, and making it possible for them to have, the
best of both: quality and quantity. They should increasingly demand a strong
value proposition and fast, fresh, high-quality ingredients and healthy
options.
To conclude I should say that
quality should be something to take very seriously in food industry. But I must
admit that nowadays it very hard to achieve as the human population keeps rising
and need more quantity.
I think that as the time passes, operators
who can deliver the best combination of these needs, quality and quantity will
come out on top.
