$4.5 Billion Volume in Ready-to-Eat Food Sector: Three-Month Contract Period Begins

Sectoral Size and Employment Data The Turkish ready-to-eat food sector continues to play a critical role in the economy with an annual market size of approximately $4.5 billion.
Providing food services to more than 1 million employees across the country every day, the sector's impact on employment and the supply chain is increasing daily.
Three-Month Contract Model in Cost Management Melih Can Kocabaş, Vice President of SOA Toplu Yemek, stated that a strategic change has been made in the sector to manage fluctuations in food and labor costs.
The three-month contract model, which has become widespread in recent years, provides cost predictability for both service providers and institutions.
Short-term contracts stand out as the most effective method to maintain price stability.
Informality and Food Safety Risks Informality, one of the most significant problems in the sector, threatens food safety in addition to creating unfair competition.
Kocabaş emphasized that working with corporate firms would make the market more transparent and increase auditability.
Employee Preference: Tas Kebabı According to results obtained from daily production data for 60,000 people, a change is observed in the food preferences of employees.
Chicken sauté, which was at the top of the list last year, has been replaced by tas kebabı.
While the interest of personnel in traditional flavors continues, the service model is reshaped according to iftar and sahur organizations during the month of Ramadan.