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Prepared to Fail: Cafeterias and Restaurants Face Backlash for Pre-Made Meals

A school canteen scandal has Chinese consumers rethinking their growing demand for pre-prepared and ready-to-eat meals

Sick with Covid in early September, Zhao Dandan hoped to find comfort in takeout food. It only made things worse. The meat—salty, over-seasoned, and excessively tender—tasted heavy and oily, Zhao says.

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Prepared to Fail: Cafeterias and Restaurants Face Backlash for Pre-Made Meals is a story from our issue, “Online Odyssey.” To read the entire issue, become a subscriber and receive the full magazine.

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