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Subject: Re: Cancelled Carnival cruises Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:09:00 -0500

In article , George Leppla
wrote:

> I would imagine there is less actual food waste in a buffet (food prepared)
> and the staffing is not as intensive... or require as much supervision or
> training.

Even at the low wages the cruise lines pay I think the labor is the
major cost. So less staffing and training, a buffet would cost less.
With computer software now a days they can make pretty good predictions
on how much food to prepare. Plus they could use the crew cabin space
for more revenue cabins or revenue enhancing public space.

--
Charles

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