Food and Beverage Operation is one of the most important segments of the Hospitality Business. It drives significant amount of revenues to the Hotels, Restaurants and Airline Business. But Do you know what are the sub-sectors of this Food and Beverage Department? If Not then Get to know various sectors of Food & Beverage Operations via this keynote article.
In this article you will find the details about the Sectors of Food and Beverage Operations along with a keynote definition of each of the outlets.
Restaurant is an establishment that serves food & beverage to customers, to be consumed on the premises. In Detail, A restaurant is eatery or place which prepare and sells the food & beverages items to customer in exchange of money. Food & Beverage items are consumed on the premises but some restaurant also offers the facility of take away. These outlets of F&B Service opens during breakfast, lunch and dinner and cater to the in-house guest as well as the outsiders.
There are Famously 03 Types of Restaurants:
Multi Cuisine Restaurant: Multi-cuisine restaurants sere items from various cuisines e.g. the menu of the restaurant can have dishes from Chinese, Italian, and Continental as well as Indian at the same time.
Speciality Restaurant: Speciality restaurants are those restaurants where a particular kind of food pertaining to a particular country is prepared and served. The décor also pertains to the particular country.
Coffee Shops: Coffee shop is also a multi-cuisine restaurant, which remains open for 24 hours.
Provision of Food and Drink together with accommodation, banqueting and conferences.
Food and drink served which are quick to prepare and serve and quick to consume. i.e. Mc Donald’s, Pizza Hut. etc. These outlets are also known as QSR (Quick Service Restaurants).
Provision of food to people at work at Subsidised Rates.
Food served in hospitals, schools, colleges and prisons etc. where the motive is not to earn profit but to cover the cost only. Provision of food is not a primary operation here in this segment, but is a part of another operation.
Provision of food and drink to people on move. i.e. Railways and Airlines etc.
Provision of service at special events. The venue is left to the people choice and caterer provides the food and drinks at the venue. Standard of the catering depends upon the price agreed by both the parties.
Big departmental store along with selling their wares, also provide the food and beverage service to their customer and same venue or place.
Service of Packed Foods. i.e. kiosks, KFC. Fish and Chips etc.
Provision of Food and Drink in environment dominated by licensing requirements. i.e. Bars, Pubs, Nightclubs & Membership Clubs.
