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BRITISH Restaurants may be said to have started as an improvisation and to continue as a compromise ; how they will develop in the near and distant future is uncertain. Their original object was to supply a solid meal to those who, owing to bombing, could not get their meals in their customary way ; but other objects have been grafted on. First, they serve the same purpose as works canteens, they supply meals to workers in factories that are not covered by the Factory Canteens Order, and to others who work far from home. Then there is the economy motive ; they reduce waste of foodstuffs ; less labour is needed for preparing and cooking food when a hundred or more are fed in a restaurant than when they eat in groups of three and four at home. Women are better able to go to work in factories if they are relieved of the task of preparing the main meal of the day. Finally, there is the motive that has been behind the expansion of the school meals service-improvement of the standard of nutrition ; the British Restaurants insure that anyone can get a nutritious meal at a low price.
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THE FUNCTION OF BRITISH RESTAURANTS. Nature 149, 675–678 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/149675a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/149675a0