Marco laughed. A prank. Then he saw the second page: ingredient costs, sourcing from a local organic farm, and a note from the CFO authorizing a 40% budget increase. "Productivity studies show happy workers make fewer errors," it said. "We are investing in morale."
Chef Marco scoffed. For ten years, he had planned the menus for Planta Sur , a massive auto parts factory. Three thousand workers. One miserable budget. His menus were a masterpiece of survival: lentils on Monday, pasta on Wednesday, always a gray-ish stew on Friday. menu comedor industrial pdf
Marco nodded.
No one moved. They thought it was a mistake. Then Rosa, who had cleaned the factory floors for twenty years, picked up a tray. She looked at Marco. "Is this... for us?" Marco laughed