During the year 2004 our Kitchen Unit has prepared 8000-8400 warm meals (30-35 customers per day), washed as many plates, knives, forks and spoons. About 24000 cups of coffee have been served, 5000 sandwiches made, and the dish washing machine has been used about 500 times. Both the workers and the machines have had plenty of stamina.

Like in the other units, there is a task assignment at 9 am and 1 pm. The members aim to do different tasks on different days. The morning tasks include grocery shopping, keeping the canteen (which is open both morning and afternoon), cooking, baking, washing the dishes, setting tables, serving meals and counting the cash. The afternoon tasks are mostly cleaning and organization tasks and baking. Members choose tasks according to their skills and resources. Of course sometimes there are situations when there is no volunteer for a task, but with the help of humour a volunteer can always be found.   

The weekly Unit Meetings are, with some exceptions, regular meetings, where the functions of the unit are planned and evaluated and current matters are discussed. There have been baking classes open for all members held in the Kitchen Unit.

 The lunch is served between 12 am -1 pm. A meal costs 3 euros paid in cash or 2,5 euros paid with a lunch ticket. Lunch tickets are sold in sets of ten. The price of the meal includes warm lunch, bread, butter, milk, salad, dessert and coffee. The prices in the canteen vary between 20 cents and 1,5 euros depending of the product.

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