1, catering belongs to the service industry. Catering is a food production and operation industry that provides consumers with all kinds of drinks, food, consumption places and facilities through instant processing, commercial sales and service labor.

2. The catering industry is mainly divided into five categories: tourist hotels, restaurants (Chinese food and western food), buffets and lunches, cold drinks and vendors. Specifically, it can be divided into three types: convenient mass catering market, high-grade catering market and atmosphere catering market. The convenient mass catering market is mass consumption; There are many second-and third-tier cities in the high-end catering market, especially the third-tier cities; Ambient catering market is sandwiched between high-end and low-end, mainly some theme restaurants and ambience restaurants.