Originally Posted by
florin
I stayed at a Marriott RI some 10-12 times and for my last 2-3 stays they had new products that were just awful. Just how much CAN you cut costs?
Branding is bull. Just like airlines having means created by some famous chef. I don't care how good the chef is; if he/she has very little to work with (i.e. a choice of 3-5 meals in TATL biz that can be easily produced by the catering company, frozen and cooked in one of those ovens, and the cost <= $15) then it's still going to be crap. Similarly, when a famous brand has a contract with a hotel, I don't care how good their actual products are, their 25 cent/gallon hotel shampoo is crap.
Sorry but airline meals COULD be incredible for $15 a meal or less costs, in fact they could be really great at $5 cost or less, yes hot meals.
Making meals great is all about ingredients not about cost, with a touch of the creator as well. Airlines have a benefit of being able to shop the county for the best seafood pricing regions and get it out cost effectively if they wished, but most don't or won't.
Same for shampoos and all, but I agree the cheap kind there are hard to make decent, too thin and watery etc.