The frequent model of takeaways at events is the serving of meals in styrofoam packs, that are at all times stuffed to the brim.
The meals, which is generally rice, is accompanied by varied garnishes like plantain, moin moin (bean cake) and salad.
However this model of dishing a lot meals isn’t any extra, Financial system&Life-style found.
Many of those hosts attributed the excessive price of rice, plantain, and beans, amongst different meals objects and the price of getting ready them, particularly in massive portions, to such improvement.
Nonetheless, some talked about the ban on using styrofoam packs as one main purpose for utilizing field cartons to package deal meals takeaways at their occasions.
Mrs. Gladys Asaga, a caterer, mentioned: “Many occasion hosts request for 200 meals packs of takeaways in styrofoam or plastic packs.
“However lately, many now began ordering meals to be packed in field cartons and small portions.
“Some will even customise the field cartons and ship them to me to serve their visitors with such.
“After I seemed deep into the matter I noticed they had been solely making an attempt to chop prices.
“Even the plastic is now very costly and takes numerous meals.
“However the field cartons are normally small and might solely take one and half parts of no matter meals they request.
“The price of a bag of rice has risen to virtually N100,000 and that of beans is even worse.
“Then vegetable oil, and dairy merchandise like meat, and hen are very costly.
“All these are put into consideration as a result of a few of these hosts are principally doing Company Social Duty (CSR) initiatives and few of them get assist from different organizations or our bodies.”
Based on the Monetary Spinoff Firm, Home Commodity Worth Motion for October, the price of 50 kg of rice is now N110,000 and the price of 50 kg of honey beans is presently N180,000.
Mrs. Fehintioluwa Odusanya, a welfare official in her group, mentioned: “ Many organizations and people are beginning to key into using field cartons to serve visitors as takeaways in occasions and events.
“Even the so-called serve your self isn’t any extra as a result of what you see now’s taking your plate on a queue and the waiters are in entrance of each dish serving you in parts for the meals to go around the visitors.
“You must know that if a typical Nigerian is allowed to serve himself on this current financial state of affairs, the meals will hardly go spherical.
“One other issue hosts are placing into consideration is the current ban on using styrofoam plastics particularly in Lagos State.
“In such a state of affairs, the State authorities will look out for scapegoats and nobody desires to fall into any drawback, particularly on such points with the federal government.
“Therefore using field cartons as meals takeaway packs in occasions.”
The Lagos State Authorities final week acknowledged plans to ban the circulation of single-use plastics, and sachet water, amongst others from January 2025.
Talking at a stakeholders’ workshop and consciousness on the implementation of the ban on the utilization of Styrofoam and SUPs for packaging in Lagos, the State’s Commissioner for Setting and Water Sources, Tokunbo Wahab, defined that the ban was a part of measures by the State Authorities to place in place coverage tips for plastic utility in additional guaranteeing sustainable administration of plastic waste, wholesome and protected atmosphere.
Mr Joshua Jegede, a businessman, narrating his expertise, mentioned: “l attended a enterprise assembly and was very famished on the finish of the assembly. Then a bag was handed to me. I used to be even comfortable I used to be going to eat within the automobile on the best way to the workplace.
“Opening the bag it was a really small field lower than that of dice sugar that the rice was served in.
“Then one other small field was full of the fish and meat for the meals.
“I simply needed to department out to a restaurant to get myself one thing that can finish my starvation.”
Mrs. Judith Nwakama, a Level of Sale, PoS, Agent, mentioned: “I attended a seminar lately and was given a takeaway in a really small field. I used to be interested by what was contained in the field. On reaching my workplace, I opened it and behold it was jollof rice and plantain.
“The meat was wrapped in foil paper.
“I wished to dangerous mouth the organizers then I shortly remembered that the economic system will not be smiling in any respect and likewise this ban on styrofoam packs and plastics could be the explanation they opted for such packaging.”