POST 7; THE IDEA OF PROGRESS: QUANTITY vs. QUALITY

 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.