Railways intends to create an umbrella brand Rail Food for its restaurants in Russian long-distance trains, as well as at stations and stations, write “Vedomosti” with reference to the source.
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will change the power concept, the tender for the search for an organization that will implement it. So far, in trains, food is prepared while driving in the kitchen of a restaurant-restaurant from raw foods and semi-finished products. According to Russian Railways, now in the car-bistro will be placed containers with ready-made dishes made in the kitchen factory owner of the franchise. The staff will only warm up food.
The average check should decrease. Currently, for a comprehensive breakfast, lunch or dinner, it is about one thousand rubles. According to the new concept, it will be 600 rubles. The new format is already tested on the routes Moscow-Saint Petersburg and Moscow-Adler. Railways thought about changes after passenger discontent with service and prices, as well as the unprofitability of restaurant wagons.
In May, the head of Russian Railways Oleg Belozerov said that the company will refuse to restaurant wagons in most of the compositions and will leave them only in tourist and branded trains. He explained that the car-restaurant is associated with something expensive, so it should be left only in certain trains – branded and tourist.