India, Aug. 22 -- The keyword of sustainability has entered the food business, where wastage is a recurring theme. A regular issue faced by eateries is customers ordering more than they can eat, resulting in cooked meals going to waste day in and day out. Addressing this issue, a South Indian restaurant in Pune came up with a solution.

A visitor took to X to share a handwritten menu (see right) with a disclaimer at the end: "You will be charged Rs.20 for wasting food." This move garnered 12K views on X and started a fresh debate: Is this a policy that should be implemented? Social media users and culinary experts remain divided on this topic. While some hail it as a long-pending move to tackle food wastage, others opine that it fuels gui...