The catering industry refers to an industry whose main business activities are food cooking, restaurant service and food sales. It is a huge and diverse industry and occupies an important position in the world. The development of catering industry is influenced by many factors such as social economy, culture, population structure, consumption concept and lifestyle.

The catering industry faces both family consumers and business consumers, including banquets, conferences, hotels, airplanes, trains and other services. In recent years, with the improvement of people's living standard and the change of consumption concept, the catering industry has also undergone tremendous changes and development. Various traditional catering forms are constantly innovating, such as food street, fashionable restaurant, fast food restaurant, chain restaurant and online ordering, which provide consumers with richer, more convenient and more comfortable choices.

With the increasingly fierce competition in the catering industry, brand power, price war and service quality have all become the key factors affecting the competitiveness of enterprises. At the same time, service quality, food safety and environmental sanitation are also issues that catering enterprises must pay attention to. Only by continuously improving service quality, perfecting management system and strengthening food safety supervision can we ensure the sustainable development of catering enterprises.