How Airlines Make Meals For Thousands Of People

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For many people economy class used to mean soggy pasta, rubbery eggs and dried-out chicken. For a time U.S airlines even stopped serving free meals altogether in economy class. But in 2019 U.S. airlines posted their tenth straight year of profitability and premium and economy cabins are seeing more food options than ever before.


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How Airlines Make Meals For Thousands Of People
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Narrator: With the number of air passengers expected to double in the year 2020

Corona virus: Hold my drink

a_bb_a
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Worked in the cabin for a few years. The weirdest meals we've served is a set meal from a&w because we ran into a group of last minute passengers at an airport without catering services. Feedback from the passengers was, it was the best in-flight meal they've ever had

heesingsia
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I don’t know what economy class you analyzed but my dried chicken and showy pasta hasn’t changed in economy

IReapZz
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I don;t need no fancy foods, just give me some decent leg and elbow rooms.

JM-gzej
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"Airline food is awful"

Me: consuming a dish with $1 sushi, taco, & orangeade

nathancosta
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They used to stop mid flight to go eat at restaurants.


*I want that.*

ayazamikanz
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When my dad was still alive, he got the opportunity to ride with Pan American Airlines, he mentioned that the food was plenty and very good. But as the years passed and airlines got bigger and more people flying, food service changed too. I remember a time, my dad didn't eat the food served him, so the FA offered him food from Business Class. They had lobster at that time, lol

smartino
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Narrator: With more people travelling than ever before...


2020: No.

alvintan
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Nowadays you're lucky to get a pack of peanuts on a flight.

RudieObias
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Am I the only one who looks forward to airplane food? There's just something appealing about knowing that you're eating in the sky

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I live in the U.S and travel for work and I cross the country often as well fly internationally. The only times I can actually ever recalled being served a meal on a flight were my several flights overseas on Qatar Airways which was decent and far better service that U.S carriers. But I cannot recall in recent memory being served any meals on a U.S carrier. The only thing i've been served on U.S carriers are peanuts and pretzels.

ardentdfender
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Never felt more of a peasant after watching this. Economy traveler here

shino
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Title: "How Airlines made meal for thousands of people."


Me: On aircraft watching this video and saw no meal offer only coffee, orange juice and fking water fountain.

leaphengleng
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Fast food, Ramen & Soda is fine for millions everyday but they need some sort of gourmet meal when they're on a plane.

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11:55 "Anything that happens on an airplane can immediately become viral..."


Who's chuckling to themselves when they heard this in 2020?

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My brother worked as cabin crew on a UK budget airline & they let the crew take home food that was unsold from the last flight of the day, was very nice having a cheese toastie or baguette the next day!

kittyk
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Am I the only one that loves the super low budget long haul meals? It's not that it's the tastiest, rather that you get to eat it in a plane that makes it so wonderful.

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Whenever I request “vegan” on flights, I always get very good looking fruits, vegetables, and bread, and it tastes yummy too. I’ve tried non-vegan food on flights, and it really is as rubbery as CNBC admits. All I’m saying is, next time you are on a flight, request a “vegan” meal to get a good experience.

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I am a retired Flight Attendant. I love to cook and catering has become a go to for family and friends when they have parties. So I decided to apply those skills to LSF Sky Chefs in Florida. I was appalled when they made me an offer to be in their kitchen at 3AM to cook first class food for them at the rate of $9.50 an hour. I literally got up from the table that had four of their top people and said. I am sorry you wasted my time and insulted me, I then walked out. The day before I was on a tour of the facility and guess who was the majority of people working in the kitchen ? Yep! Foreigners mostly Mexicans. Shameful!

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I was a service supervisor for a vendor for LSG Skychefs in 2015, I got to sit in on a negotiation between a buyer from Virgin America Airlines and LSG, they discussed which items sold and didn't sell well on VA flights, then the kicker was when the buyer grabbed a fruit and cheese snack package, and proceeded to ask what the cost was for each individual item in the pack that sold for $8 on VA flights. The buyer then began negotiating over the number of grapes packed in each snack pack, he had deduced that by packing 3 less grapes in each fruit and cheese snack pack the net profit for VA would increase by $600K annually.

It was an interesting afternoon for sure in LSG's facility in SFO

davidnoticiero