There are two main concepts of catering: one is food and drink, such as operating a restaurant and providing meals. The second is an industry or organization that provides food and beverage to satisfy the dietary needs of diners, thus earning the corresponding service income.

Because of the different eating habits and tastes of different groups of people in different regions and cultures, catering around the world has shown diverse characteristics. The catering market will enter the era of branded consumption, and China's catering industry will continue to play a positive role in expanding consumption and promoting employment with a growth rate of sixteen percent.

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The difference of catering service on the one hand means that catering service is accomplished by the staff of catering department through manual labor, and each staff member is different due to his/her age, gender, character, quality, and cultural level.

The catering service they provide for guests is not the same, on the other hand, the same waiter in different occasions, different time, or face different guests, its service attitude and service mode will have some differences.

After the production of general industrial and agricultural products, most of them have to go through several circulation links to reach the hands of consumers. If the product does not pass the quality inspection before leaving the factory, you can rework, in the store you think you are not satisfied with the goods can not go to ask for, while the food and beverage products are different. Its production, sales, consumption is almost synchronized, and thus between producers and consumers is face to face service, face to face consumption.