Becoming Rich with Daily Scavenging APP-Chapter 703: Double Standards

Chen Yiyang was a bit taken aback by Yang Chengru.

But he quickly denied it.

The pre-packaged food factory under his name was something he acquired for a bargain a long time ago. Although he hasn't paid much attention to it recently, he believes that the factory itself has no issues.

"Lately, there's been a lot of noise about pre-packaged food, so I decided to buy all the brands online to taste if there's any real difference compared to freshly cooked food."

As Yang Chengru spoke, he handed the chopsticks to Chen Yiyang, "What, the big boss isn't eating?"

"I will." Chen Yiyang reached out and took the chopsticks.

Since Yang Chengru was eating, how could he not eat it?

Besides, with pre-packaged food everywhere, even someone like him who dines out often must have eaten quite a bit of it.

He's not that pretentious.

"In terms of taste, it's far worse than fresh cooking," Yang Chengru commented as he ate, though the price is indeed cheaper.

"The current debate about pre-packaged food mainly revolves around the issue of the right to know."

Chen Yiyang said as he ate, "People are more concerned about whether they're eating pre-packaged food rather than whether it's healthy or not."

But related legislation has not kept up, which is why the debate is so intense now."

"It's mainly hard to distinguish. For example, if you get a grilled fish, the fish itself is grilled in front of you, but the seasoning is pre-prepared, so does it count as pre-packaged food or not?

Nowadays, many chain restaurants, to save costs and speed up serving times, pre-prepare many steps.

If every business was required to label whether it uses pre-packaged ingredients, a standard would have to be set to define how many pre-preparation processes during cooking would classify it as pre-packaged food.

That's too difficult, for instance, MSG, instead of simmering broth, you just sprinkle some MSG. Does that count as a pre-packaged step?"

It seemed that Yang Chengru had indeed thought deeply about this issue, but he hadn't figured out a solution yet.

"So, you bought pre-packaged seasoning packs to try them yourself?"

"I'm thinking, if there's really a problem, then I'll eat more, and if I get sick, my conscience will be clear." Yang Chengru gave a surprising answer to Chen Yiyang.

"Then don't drag me to eat it with you." Chen Yiyang was somewhat exasperated but amused.

"You're selling this stuff; if you don't eat it, who will?" Yang Chengru knew Chen Yiyang was joking, so he replied with a laugh.

"Judging pre-packaged food may be difficult, but there's one thing that's quite easy to determine." Chen Yiyang seized the opportunity to speak.

"What thing?" Yang Chengru asked.

Chen Yiyang immediately told Yang Chengru about the issue regarding dine-in delivery and non-dine-in delivery.

"That's indeed easy to regulate. With the right policies, each platform, for mutual competition, will definitely prepare video evidence for reporting."

"Exactly, that's what I think too. We might as well have the regulatory bureau issue a management regulation, strictly requiring third-party online platforms to mark whether delivery merchants provide dine-in options."

"No problem there, I'll relay the information." Yang Chengru agreed promptly.

With his connections and influence, at least a pilot could be conducted first in Lin'an.

The next day, Chen Yiyang received a video.

The video was recorded content of the speeches from representatives of various platforms at a recently held restaurant industry conference.

The organizers of this restaurant industry conference had invited Chen Yiyang to attend.

If the conference had been held in Lin'an, Chen Yiyang might have gone, but Chengdu was too far.

However, in such conferences, it's customary for large delivery platforms to send representatives, and the organizers didn't really expect the top executives to attend.

So previously, Chen Yiyang had assigned a responsible person from Yiyang Flash Sale to attend, and he instructed them to send him a copy of the speeches of the platform representatives.

He wanted to analyze the speeches to gauge the future competitive strategies of the delivery and flash sale platforms.

The first one to be looked at was naturally the Ugly Group.

This time, Ugly Group's attendee was the delivery head, Xue Shui.

The gist of his speech was that before last year, both order quantities and per-order revenues in the delivery industry were steadily rising.

However, since this year, some platforms' subsidies have set new lows, causing short-term spikes in orders but a sharp decline in order revenues, and the increased volume from subsidies largely revolves around low-priced beverages, introducing a significant bubble, and the industry needs to break away from the pricing spiral.

Therefore, the top executives at Ugly Group believe that customer demand for value is reshaping the restaurant industry, which should rely on businesses improving their management capabilities, rather than offering low-priced subsidies.

After reading the speech, Chen Yiyang felt relieved.

The Ugly Group was still shameless and unchanged.

This means Yiyang Flash Sale has a definite future opportunity to surpass Ugly Group.

Damn it.

They speak so grandiosely.

What do you mean by some platforms are subsidizing, causing the industry's order revenue to fall?!

Currently, there are just three delivery platforms.

Yiyang Flash Sale is one, Taobao Baoleme is another, and Ugly Group is another.

Which part of 'some' are you referring to, implying your Ugly Group doesn't offer subsidies?

The drop in industry order revenue is all due to other platforms, while your Ugly Group has always been improving order revenue?

This year, when your delivery products' senior director was interviewed by a newspaper, they kept on saying, 'When all platforms are handing out coupons, the types, amounts, and recipients of the coupons all have methods, collectively known as the ability to offer subsidies. This is a skill we've honed over the past decade.'

So, have you lost your ability to offer subsidies?

The drop in order revenue is unrelated to Ugly Group's subsidy ability?

Let's not mention that the collective subsidy from all major platforms causing order revenue to drop is any greater than the drop caused by Ugly Group's dining deals?

Dining deals are seen as innovative models and new explorations, while other platforms' subsidies are seen as price wars?!

Chen Yiyang doesn't oppose dining deals, nor low-cost dining.

He just finds Ugly Group's rhetoric revolting.

In a restaurant conference, no less.

The industry giants in the restaurant sector are talking about ways to save the industry and set standards.

But Ugly Group is just shirking responsibility, dressing up as pure and aligning themselves with brick-and-mortar dining, making other delivery platforms look like the bullies.

If the other delivery platforms collapsed, those industry giants might finally see what a real bully looks like.

With this in mind, Chen Yiyang immediately called Zhang Changyun, instructing him to monitor those delivery merchants online under the Ugly Group.

If they find any non-dine-in deliveries being marked as dine-in, gather the evidence first.

Once Yang Chengru pushes the related regulations through, he's going to hit Ugly Group hard.