Though the closure started as a pandemic measure, BC Ferries has now announced the Pacific Buffet will be closed permanently.
According to a release, when it was open the buffet was losing the company $1.2 million annually, due to the seven staff per sailing required to run it.
Price modelling done by the company found that even a 30 per cent price hike would continue to lose the company money, due to increased cost of food and labour. “The food industry has been significantly challenged by the pandemic; fewer food suppliers, supply chain unreliability, new attitudes about food safety and waste as well as record high food costs have forced all businesses to rethink their strategies,” said Nicolas Jimenez, BC Ferries CEO.
“I know the hard decision to permanently close our buffets will be disappointing to those who used and loved them but the timing is right to re-think the space based on what our customers tell us.”
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