Method of and apparatus for serving merchandise items in a restaurant with a rotary catering table system, and merchandise item management system for such restaurants

摘要

An improved serving method and apparatus in rotary catering table equipment having a rotary conveyer (22) on which merchandise (e.g., sushi) items (14) are conveyed around are disclosed. Freshness managing member (48) is used to automatically alert to the presence of a merchandise item on the rotary conveyer that is deteriorating in freshness upon a given lapse of time after supply. Shortage may also be detected, displayed and indicated by processing means (70) in combination with means (32, 38) that determine where on the conveyer and which types of merchandise items are becoming short in number. Also disclosed are a merchandise item stocker (34) and a feeder for automatically serving the rotary conveyer (22) with merchandise items, which may be operated with a merchandise management system (80) in which ordering means (78) based on data from managing means (74) automatically orders needed merchandise materials by types from member suppliers (76). <IMAGE>