Ex-HKG standard econ. meals not produced in Hong Kong
Jul 6, 2019, 10:08 pm
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Ex-HKG standard econ. meals not produced in Hong Kong
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Some cabin crew and catering company staff claiming ex-HKG standard econ. meals now not produced in Hong Kong anymore. They claims produced in China, someone even point out is came from Qingdao as frozen food.
They said CX switched to this method about 1 year ago.
Some cabin crew and catering company staff claiming ex-HKG standard econ. meals now not produced in Hong Kong anymore. They claims produced in China, someone even point out is came from Qingdao as frozen food.
They said CX switched to this method about 1 year ago.
Jul 6, 2019, 11:45 pm
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Seriously? You don’t think food quality standards are significantly higher outside china? A few years back the Chinese were adding melamine in Milk
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008...e_milk_scandal
The Chinese mind only knows profit. They have zero respect for health. Having lived an worked in the region for decades, I’ve seen it with my own eyes.
Cathay is saving a dollar, risking your health.. They will save a dollar and not care.. it’s the new mentality
The company is living on historic reputation. The actual product has been progressively ‘enhanced’ (dimished).
Swire appointments CEO/GM’s cyclically. It is easier to show profit by reducing cost than increasing revenue.. and each new CEO will not move up the Swire ladder if they can’t show a better bottom line.
Battle to the bottom ...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008...e_milk_scandal
The Chinese mind only knows profit. They have zero respect for health. Having lived an worked in the region for decades, I’ve seen it with my own eyes.
Cathay is saving a dollar, risking your health.. They will save a dollar and not care.. it’s the new mentality
The company is living on historic reputation. The actual product has been progressively ‘enhanced’ (dimished).
Swire appointments CEO/GM’s cyclically. It is easier to show profit by reducing cost than increasing revenue.. and each new CEO will not move up the Swire ladder if they can’t show a better bottom line.
Battle to the bottom ...
Jul 6, 2019, 11:59 pm
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There's a MASSIVE building on HK airport property called CPCS (Cathay Pacific Catering Services) and people seriously think they aren't producing the meals for Cathay Pacific? That somehow a middleman is cheaper?
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Jul 7, 2019, 12:07 am
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That said, I wouldn't be surprised if CX imports most of their ingredients from China.
Jul 7, 2019, 12:08 am
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There have a large bottle water factory in Sha Tin for Swire-CocaCola, but the bottle water loaded in CX econ meals is coming from Zhuhai, China
Jul 7, 2019, 12:11 am
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In that post, cabin crew and staff of catering company is also complaining the entree covered full of water/moist, seems they haven't defrost it in airport facility but just throw it to cart. It's very dangerous from food hygiene.
Jul 7, 2019, 2:17 am
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Many restaurants are selling frozen dim sum from that big HK owned dim sum factory in SZ. It is cost effective as the product goes from freezer to steamer without defrosting and the associated spoilage/wastage.
Based upon what I know about this factory I would not be surprised that all Y or PEY meals are prep'd and frozen somewhere and heated on plane.
Last edited by tentseller; Jul 7, 2019 at 2:26 am
Jul 7, 2019, 2:58 am
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No, same Bonaqua brand. It's from Zhuhai CocaCola company, a joint venture company between Macau Coca-Cola(Swire too) and Chinese company
Jul 7, 2019, 3:01 am
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Only so-called fresh meat and some frozen food came from China.
Jul 7, 2019, 5:01 am
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And a large proportion of fresh fruit and vegetables, particularly (obviously) the types used in Chinese cuisine. And all sorts of other stuff. For example, the pasta in my cupboard is from China. It's about a third of the price of the cheapest from Italy.