No more ‘unli’ rice?

Monday, April 18, 2011

THE government’s eagerness in preserving rice stocks in the country may redirect an initiative of saving the grains to restaurants offering “unlimited rice.”

Mang Inasal Divisoria branch manager, “Sally” (not her real name) said the government’s plan is unnecessary, as restaurants offering unlimited rice already readied some mitigating scheme.

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Mang Inasal is known countrywide to offer limitless additional rice to customers on certain menu orders.

Sally said Mang Inasal branches do not need to take away the strongest promotional initiative of the restaurant because employees already knew how to control in giving out additional “bottomless” cooked rice to patrons.

"Because not all customers really eat that much, especially our lady customers. What they just wanted is the chicken. We just offered unlimited rice because most of us, barbecue eaters, really wanted more than a cup of rice,” Sally said.

Herwin Dulzura, an employee of a water refilling station and a regular customer of Mang Inasal, favors the government’s plan of removing unlimited rice in the menu lists.

“If it helps the government recover from the decline of rice stocks, then, it would be very valid and understandable to put a stop of unlimited rice offers,” he said.

However, he added that if the government is not serious with the reported possible rice shortage, then it’s not good to take the promo away. (Loui S. Maliza)