Personally, I think the employees eat for free under the epidemic because the employees can't afford to go out and buy food. Officials have also said that employees eat for free (3 meals a day).
From the official sources , the employees in the Foxconn plant in Zhengzhou, whose three meals a day are free of charge, are provided by Foxconn. Of course, in fact, this is very normal, after all, now Zhengzhou Foxconn epidemic, people can not let your Foxconn employees go out to buy food ah, Zhengzhou Foxconn number of employees but there are more than 100,000 people, these people are out to buy food, then it is not to expand the source of infection? And so many employees, separate distribution of food is not convenient, the best way is the company's restaurant is responsible for purchasing, the restaurant provides meals. Currently Zhengzhou Foxconn is such a situation, willing to stay and work, Foxconn package food and housing, but also processing wages. Do not want to stay in the work of the direct walk on the line, but this is not any compensation, as you are on their own to leave the job.
No matter from what point of view, you Foxconn have to provide free meals. Now Zhengzhou Foxconn epidemic is more serious, and Foxconn has so many employees, if not to the restaurant unified responsibility, then the whole Foxconn plant will be in chaos. And now the food for the employees in the Foxconn factory is not necessarily given by Foxconn, it is likely to be provided by the local government. But that's okay, three meals a day doesn't cost much anyway, and the cost of uniformly cooking for more than 100,000 people is far less than giving each person food individually. But this is not the biggest problem for Foxconn, the biggest problem is because of the epidemic can not produce, many employees are thinking of going home, gone a large number of employees, Foxconn's production fell into a suspended stage, resulting in the inability to complete the manufacturer's orders on time, this is to compensate for breach of contract, which is the most fatal.
Overall, Zhengzhou Foxconn is currently providing free three meals a day to employees in the factory, so employees eat for free.