Catering establishments belong to the catering building, according to the mode of operation, food and beverage production methods and service characteristics, catering buildings including restaurants, fast-food outlets, beverage outlets, canteens, cafeterias and other four categories.

There are two main concepts:

One is catering, such as operating catering, providing catering.

Two: it is the industry or organization that provides food and beverage to meet the dietary needs of diners, so as to obtain the corresponding service income.