Posted 4/15/2024, 9:00:00 PM
Gen Z Seeks Thrift at Shanghai's Senior Cafeterias
- Zhang Ru, 24, has become a regular at a cheap Shanghai community dining hall catering to the elderly in order to save money
- The clean, brightly-lit eatery offers stir-fried Chinese cabbage and braised pork belly meals
- Zhang aims to keep her daily food bills under 100 yuan ($14)
- As a new software company recruit, she feels the need to save for the future
- China's Gen Z generation has turned more frugal amid economic doubts
