The foodservice (or food service) industry (US English; catering industry in British English) encompasses those places, institutions, and companies responsible for any meal eaten away from home. This industry includes restaurants, school and hospital cafeterias, catering operations, and many other formats. A restaurant is a retail establishment that serves prepared Food to Customers. Catering is the Business of providing Foodservice at a remote site
The companies that supply foodservice operators are called foodservice distributors. A foodservice distributor is a company that provides food and non-food products to Restaurants Cafeterias industrial caterers, and hospitals and nursing Foodservice distributors sell goods like smallwares (kitchen utensils) and bulk foods. Major foodservice distributors include US Foodservice and Sysco. US Foodservice, based in Rosemont Illinois, is the second largest broadline Foodservice distributor in the United States. Sysco Corporation is the largest Foodservice distributor in North America.
Some companies manufacture products in both consumer and foodservice versions. Consumers refers to individuals or households that use goods and services generated within the economy. The consumer version usually comes in individual-sized packages with elaborate label design for retail sale. The foodservice version is packaged in a much larger industrial size and often lacks the colorful label designs of the consumer version. For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious"
Foodservice sales to restaurants and institutions are estimated to be approximately $400 Billion, about equal with consumer sales of foods through grocery outlets. The foodservice industry is one of the largest employers in the United States. Major foodservice providers include Compass Group, Sodexho, 3663 First for Foodservice, Aramark, and the Crown Group. Compass Group plc ( a British company is the largest Food service business in the world Sodexo ( Sodexho Alliance prior to 23 January 2008) is a French Multinational corporation and one of the largest Food services and Facilities management Aramark Limited is a food and apparel service partner to organizations across a range of sectors including business and industry judicial education health care offshore and defense The Crown Group is a Catering and event caterer in the United Kingdom.
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