Murder on the Amtrak Express (they killed off the dining car)
of making reservations for set mealtimes, sitting down next to fellow passengers at communal tables, and receiving white-tablecloth service and freshly prepared food made in an onboard kitchen. Instead, there will be prepackaged food options — such as chicken fettuccine and Creole shrimp — that passengers can eat in their rooms or in a new version of the dining car that still has booths, but no tablecloths.
Amtrak is taking a cue from Boomers and blaming millennials for the change, citing a desire to lure a younger generation of riders who just want to look at their phones in private all day. “Some people really like [the dining car] and view it as sort of a nostalgic train experience,” Peter Wilander, Amtrak’s vice president of product development and customer experience, told the. “Some people, especially our new millennial customers, don’t like it so much.
Conveniently, this change will also save the perennially financially beleaguered railroad an estimated $2 million a year — while food expenditures will be increasing,, labor and inventory costs will both be going down. With plans to allow passengers to preorder their meals when booking tickets online, Amtrak is essentially becoming more like an airline — which makes sense, considering its CEO Richard Anderson was CEO of Delta Airlines from 2007 to 2016.
some one-night routes east of Chicago, with other shifts slated for next year. It’s sad news for those of us with romantic notions of ornate, old-timey dining cars, sure, but if you were boarding a train with high expectations for yourmurder mystery party, you probably haven’t seen what dining cars look like these days.Nestle is adopting its Japanese playbook for the U.K. and selling made-to-order luxury Kit-Kats for 14 pounds a bar. [José Andrés is back in the U.S.
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