In the United States, the pay-what-you-can restaurant model (community cafes) is an increasingly popular approach to addressing food insecurity in local communities. We conducted semi-structured interviews (n = 13) with community café executive managers and directors to assess their perceptions of the role that their cafes play in addressing food security (FS). Analysis of interviews revealed two major areas of emphasis by participants. Interviewees regularly cited the goal of making meals available through a dependable schedule, convenient location, and welcoming atmosphere for guests to promote regular visits to the café, and they did so with an awareness of how their practices were shaped by perceived shortcomings in comparable services. In addition, was another major area. Interviewees often regarded the opportunity of the food insecure guest to choose healthy options (i.e., nutritionally dense) over less healthful ones (i.e., calorically dense) from the menu as a critical component of their service. The social component of the café (e.g., community atmosphere, ‘dining-out’ experience) was another aspect of the café’s function that promoted dignity for the guest which can lead to greater likelihood of return visits. Perceptions shared by participants of the café’s role in addressing food security suggest that rather than simply adding to the available options of hunger relief services, the café model attempts to address many areas of concern, such as structural and cultural barriers, found in the traditional forms of charitable food provision.

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社区咖啡馆在解决粮食安全方面的作用：经理和董事的看法

在美国，按需付费餐厅模式（社区咖啡馆）是解决当地社区粮食不安全问题的一种日益流行的方法。我们对社区咖啡馆执行经理和董事进行了半结构化访谈（n = 13），以评估他们对其咖啡馆在解决粮食安全 (FS) 方面所发挥的作用的看法。访谈分析揭示了参与者强调的两个主要领域。受访者经常提到通过可靠的时间表、便利的地点和欢迎客人的氛围来提供餐点的目标，以促进定期光顾咖啡馆，并且他们意识到他们的做法是如何因同类服务中的缺陷而形成的。除此之外，是另一个主要区域。受访者经常认为，食品不安全的客人从菜单中选择健康选项（即营养丰富）而不是不太健康的选项（即热量密集）的机会是他们服务的关键组成部分。咖啡馆的社交组成部分（例如，社区氛围、“外出就餐”体验）是咖啡馆功能的另一个方面，它可以提高客人的尊严，从而增加回访的可能性。参与者对咖啡馆在解决粮食安全问题上的作用的共同看法表明，咖啡馆模式不是简单地增加饥饿救济服务的可用选项，而是试图解决许多令人担忧的领域，例如传统形式中存在的结构和文化障碍慈善食品供应。