D1202- Sectors of F&B Service Industry

Unit02 – Sectors of F&B Service Industry

SECTOR	PURPOSE OF SEC TOR	HISTORICAL SUMMARY
HOTELS and other tourist accommodation	Provision of food and drink together with accommodation	Developed from inns. Supported by developments in transport and increases in business and leisure related tourism
RESTAURANTS including: conventional specialist ‘Carveries’	Provision of food and drink generally at high price with high levels of service	Grew out of hotel restaurants (Escoffier/Ritz influenced which were originally highly formal) through chefs wishing to start their own business
POPULAR CATERING including: cafes, pizza, ‘Wimpy’, grills, specialist coffee shops, ‘Little Chefs’, steak houses	Provision of food and drink generally at low/medium price with limited levels of service	Developed from ABC and Lyons concepts. Gone through various phases. Latterly American influenced
FAST FOOD eg: ‘McDonalds’, ‘Burger King’, ‘Wendy’s’	Provision of food and drink in highly specialized environment characterized by high investment, high labour costs and vast customer throughput	Grew from combination of popular catering and take-away, heavily influenced by American companies: sophisticated meal packaging and marketing
RETAIL STORES	Provision of food and drink as adjunct to provision of retailing	Developed from prestigious stores wishing to provide food and drink as part of retailing concept
BANQUETING/ CONFERENCES/ EXHIBITIONS	Provision of food and drink as adjunct to provision of retailing	Originally associated with hotels but has now become major sector in its own right
LEISURE ATTRACTIONS eg: theme parks, galleries, theaters, airline terminals	Provision of food and drink for people engaged in another leisure pursuit	Increases in leisure have made profit from food and drink attractive to leisure and amenity providers
BANQUETING/ CONFERENCES/ EXHIBITIONS	Provision of food and drink on large scale, usually pre-booked	Originally associated with hotels but has now become major sector in its own right
LEISURE ATTRACTIONS eg: theme parks, galleries, theatres, airline terminals	Provision of food and drink for people engaged in another leisure pursuit	Increases in leisure have made profit from food and drink attractive to leisure and amenity providers
MOTORWAY SERVICE STATIONS	Provision of food together with retail and petrol services for motorway travellers, often in isolated locations	Bom in 1960s with advent of motorway building. Influenced by America and became specialized because of government regulations on provision of catering, retail and petrol as well as location
WELFARE including: hospitals, schools, colleges, universities, forces, prisons, other welfare	Provision of food and drink to people through social need, primarily determined by an authority	Regulated and given substantial boost by Welfare State creation in 1948 and maintained now through social conscience
INDUSTRIAL CATERING either in-house operations or provided by catering contractor	Provision of food and drink to people at work	orn out of recognition that better fed workers work better. Given boosts in 1st and 2nd World Wars by legislation. Further developed by unions’ wish to preserve conditions and emergence of professional contractors
LICENSED TRADE including: public houses, wine bars, licensed clubs, members clubs	Provision of food and drink in environment dominated by licensing requirements	Developed from inns; also origin of steak houses, eg ’Berni’ in 1960s
TRANSPORT including: railways, airline, marine	Provision of food and drink to people on the move	Grew out of need to meet requirements of travelling public. Originally services were mainly of high levels reflecting the type of traveller. Eventually changed to meet need of wide range of travelling public
OUTDOOR CATERING	Provision of food and drink away from home base and suppliers	Developed through need to provide services at special events. The term ODC is misleading as little of this catering actually takes place outside

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