1. Chapter 1 Foundations of Restaurant Management & Culinary Arts
Section 1.1
Overview of the Restaurant
and Foodservice Industry

2. Study Questions What are the two segments of the foodservice industry?
What are the types of businesses that make up the travel and tourism industry?
Throughout the history of the United States, how has the hospitality industry grown?

3. The Restaurant and Foodservice Industry
What are the two segments of the foodservice industry?

4. The Restaurant and Foodservice Industry
What are the two segments of the foodservice industry? Commercial Noncommercial

5. COMMERCIAL SEGMENT 80 % of the restaurant and foodservice industry
Types of foodservice include:
Restaurants
Catering and banquets
Retail
Stadium
Airline
Cruise ships

6. Average Per-Person Dinner Check
Restaurants
Table 1.1 Restaurant Segment Definitions
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Restaurant Segment
Services Offered
Average Per-Person Dinner Check
Family Dining Full-Service Restaurant
Servings staff provides service, and the order is taken while the patron is seated . Patrons pay after they eat.
$10 or less
Casual Dining Full-Service Restaurant
$10-25 range
Fine Dining Full-Service Restaurant
$25 or more
Quick Service(also known as Fast Food) Restaurant
Establishment primarily engaged in providing foodservice where patrons generally order or select items and pay before eating. Food and drink may be consumed on premises, taken out, or delivered. Also includes snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars.
$3-6 range
Quick-Casual Restaurant
Quick casual restaurants are defined as attractive and comfortable establishments serving freshly prepared, wholesome quality, authentic foods in a reasonably fast service format.
$7-$9 range

7. Catering and Banquets
The menu is chosen by the host of the event for a specified number of people.
May have their own facility or may also be located in another business, such as hotel or a convention center, and provide foodservice to that business’s customers.
They may also do off-site catering, which involves preparing food at one location and delivering it to the guest’s location.

8. Retail
Stores offer prepared meals that can be eaten in the store or taken home.
Examples include:
Supermarkets
Convenience stores
Specialty shops
Selling limited items such as sodas, sandwiches, and candy
Vending machines
Dispense various types of food, such as sodas, sandwiches, and candy

9. Stadiums
Range from peanuts in the stands to fine dining in the luxury suites.
Some stadiums have privately run foodservice operations.
Most use large-scale contractors to handle the business.

10. Airlines
Especially on transatlantic flights, will offer meals, sometimes more than one, to help passengers adjust to time difference.
Range form simple beverage in short-haul economic class to a seven-course gourmet meal using real dishes and glassware.
In USA many airlines no longer offer meals for travel within the United States, although they can bring food purchased at the airport onto the plane.

11. Cruise Ships Food is available 24/7
Options range from casual dining and buffets to elegant dinners to room service.
Food selection varies from steak, vegetarian to children’s meals and pizza

12. Noncommercial Foodservice Segment
20% of the foodservice industry
This segment prepares and serves food in support of some other establishment’s main function or purpose.
Categories in this segment include:
Schools and universities
Military bases and ships
Health-care facilities (hospitals and long term care facilities)
Businesses and industries offer foodservice
Clubs and member-based facilities, golf alumni athletic
Typically handled in two ways contract feeding and self-operators.

13. The Restaurant and Food Service Industry
What are the types of businesses that make up the travel and tourism industry?

14. The Big Picture: The Hospitality Industry
Restaurants are a component of the hospitality industry.
Hospitality falls under the umbrella of the travel and tourism industry.
Travel and Tourism is defined as the combination of all of the services that people need and will pay for when they are away from home. This includes all of the businesses that benefit from people traveling and spending money, such as transportation or restaurant.
Hospitality refers to the services that people use and receive when they are away from home. This includes among other services, restaurants and hotels.

15. Tourism
Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure, or business purposes. Tourist attractions range from museums, theme parks, monuments, sporting events, zoos, and shopping malls to national and state parks, safaris, and adventure tours. What are some tourist attractions around our area?

16. Transportation
Tourist travel in a variety of ways. Airplanes Trains Charter services Buses Cars Ships

17. Hospitality
People who work in the lodging business and serve customers need to know what’s happening in town, what there is to do and see, where to eat, and how to get from one place to another.
Table 1.2 Hospitality Segments
Hospitality Segments
Examples
Foodservice
Hotels
Restaurants
Retail establishments
Lodging
Motels
Resorts
Event Management
Stadiums
Expositions
Trade Shows