Chinese families are cooling off on pre-made meals during the Lunar New Year celebration. This change follows a food fight between a star influencer and a restaurant chain, which has made prepared foods a hot potato at reunion dinners. Many hosts now prefer higher quality meals over convenience. Ma Shuai, a sales manager from Henan province, said, "I work all year round overtime and do eat pre-made food quite often, but it always feels cheap and not refined." He added, "There isn’t a single pre-made dish I’d want to put on the reunion dinner table." These views are common in China as the prepared food industry faces growing concerns over trust, product disclosure, and regulation. The scandal has raised broader questions about the quality and transparency of fast-growing prepared food options in the Chinese market.