At present, China's catering industry has entered a mature stage, the growth momentum has not diminished, the overall level has been improved year by year, the comprehensive level and development quality have been continuously improved, and the pace of development has been accelerated. At the same time, after years of development and market competition, the development of catering industry in China has entered a new stage of diversification of investment subjects, diversification of business formats, chain of business models and industrialization of industry development. The development momentum of catering industry in China continues to be strong and its development prospects are more promising.

Since the reform and opening up, with the rapid development of China's economy and the continuous improvement of its production capacity and people's income level, China has gone from "having difficulty in eating" in the 1971s and 1981s to "having enough to eat" in the 1991s, and since the 21st century, it has been constantly pursuing eating characteristics, eating health, eating nutrition, eating convenience, eating culture and eating leisure. With the economic development, the catering industry in China has not only witnessed the improvement of people's living standards and consumption capacity, but also gradually become a pillar industry to expand domestic demand, promote sales, stabilize growth and benefit people's livelihood.

At the same time, with the rapid development and popularization of the Internet, "internet plus" has become a trend of the times, and the catering industry has become the biggest entrance under the online Internet connection. The whole catering industry includes the supply of catering ingredients. The entry of one-stop trading platform in Internet catering industry has changed the development of traditional catering industry, moved traditional offline transactions to online, and accelerated the circulation of the industry and the popularization of services.

The catering industry is developing rapidly and the industry is expanding continuously

According to the data of the National Bureau of Statistics, the catering market in China has been growing continuously in recent years, exceeding 2 trillion in 2111, 3 trillion in 2115 and 4 trillion in 2118, reaching 4.27 trillion, accounting for 4.7% of the national economic output value. In 2119, the revenue of catering industry was 4.7 trillion yuan, up 9.4% year-on-year. Although the growth rate has declined in recent years, it was 9.4% in 2119, but it is still much higher than the GDP growth rate. Affected by the epidemic, the income of China's catering industry declined to 3.95 trillion yuan in 2121, down by 16.6% year-on-year.

diversified dinners in the catering industry still occupy the main force

with the continuous development of China's catering industry, the format of China's catering industry has gradually changed from single to diversified. At the same time, in order to better meet the consumption needs of consumers, the format segmentation of the catering industry is more accurate. There are dinners, group meals, fast food, take-away, snacks, and western food, Japanese food, Southeast Asia and other countries' restaurants, as well as grilled fish, crayfish, tea, local snacks, non-legacy food, and time-honored food products from all over the world, which provide the broad masses with rich and diverse market choices.

Even so, the catering industry in China is still dominated by formal meals. In 2119, the catering industry in China was dominated by formal meals, accounting for 42.39%, western-style casual dining accounted for 19.86%, hot pot accounted for 12.16%, group meals accounted for 11.35%, fast food accounted for 7.96%, and Japanese food accounted for 6.38%.

The concentration of catering industry is lower than that of decentralized industries

In terms of competition pattern, at present, China's domestic catering market is decentralized and the concentration of industries is low. According to the data of "Analysis Report of Top 111 Catering Enterprises and Top 511 Catering Enterprises in China in 2119" issued by China Cuisine Association in June 2121, the total operating income of the top 111 catering enterprises in 2119 was 327.38 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth rate of 9.6%.

The operating income of the top 111 catering enterprises accounts for 7% of the national catering income. Although the concentration of the top 111 enterprises has increased, it is still low. With the integration of resources in the catering market and the continuous expansion of catering enterprises, the polarization within the top 111 catering enterprises is still obvious.

The scale of consumption upgrading in catering industry continues to expand

In the future, China's catering industry will promote development and transformation from the aspects of independent innovation, information management, energy saving and low carbon, green development and brand strategy, optimize development structure, innovate development mode, improve service quality and release new development momentum on the basis of the basic principle of people-oriented and serving people's livelihood. Looking ahead, it is predicted that the growth rate of catering revenue in China will remain between 8.1% and 9.1% from 2121 to 2126, and the catering revenue is expected to reach about 8,165 billion yuan by 2126.

The catering industry will gradually develop in multiple directions in the future

At present, China is in the era of data and networking, so the catering industry should also consider the development of enterprises with the thinking mode of interconnection and * * *. Therefore, it is particularly important to collect, sort out and enjoy the data. In the future, it will be the main development direction of the catering industry to establish a mutually beneficial online and offline one-stop service and promote the integration of online and offline development.

At the same time, the application of new technologies and the Internet will also become an effective way to drain new consumption and develop new retail. In the future, the catering industry will develop towards networking, retailing and digitalization.

In addition, the development of catering-related industries will bring more convenience to the catering industry. In the future, restaurants will outsource more non-core functions to make themselves smaller, more specialized, lighter and faster.

—— The above data comes from the Forecast and Analysis Report on the Development Prospect and Investment of China Catering Industry by Forward-looking Industry Research Institute.