And there is an argument to be said for the economics of a centralized source of food versus distributed ones. Cost of labor and profit margins aside, cooking food in bulk for more people in one place uses fewer resources than that number of people buying food themselves from a store and cooking at home. And sure, restaurants have a lot of food waste, but I can guarantee supermarkets waste a lot more.
And there is an argument to be said for the economics of a centralized source of food versus distributed ones. Cost of labor and profit margins aside, cooking food in bulk for more people in one place uses fewer resources than that number of people buying food themselves from a store and cooking at home. And sure, restaurants have a lot of food waste, but I can guarantee supermarkets waste a lot more.