Can't we have a group meal?

You can pack the food you buy if you can't finish it.

Many group purchases on the gourmet group purchase page will be marked "For dining only, no packaging". This move by the merchants is unacceptable to many consumers.

In fact, for food group buying, the reason why merchants participate is to gather popularity, and once consumers choose to package, they will not be able to achieve the original purpose of the merchants. Therefore, many businesses have the rule of "only eating in the lobby, not packing".

So, can the group-bought food be packaged?

After dialing the city consumers association, I learned that the staff said that "this provision of merchants is actually an invalid format contract."

The so-called format clause is a clause drawn up by the parties in advance in order to reuse it, and there is no mutual consultation when concluding a contract. The staff of the Consumers Association said that this regulation has no effect. In this case, consumers can complain to relevant departments. In addition, Shen Shuguang, a lawyer of Wuhu Yinjia Law Firm, also said that group buying is only a way of promotion and does not lead to the reduction of the obligations of both parties. What's more, consumers have ownership of the dishes after payment, and how to deal with them is their power, and the store should not restrict it. For this unilateral format contract, consumers can choose not to abide by it.