Foodservice

The food system, including food service and food retailing supplied $1.24 trillion worth of food in 2010 in the US, $594 billion of which was supplied by food service facilities, defined by the USDA as any place which prepares food for immediate consumption on site, including locations that are not primarily engaged in dispensing meals such as recreational facilities and retail stores.{{cite web|title=Food Service Industry Market Segment|url=http://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-markets-prices/food-service-industry/market-segments.aspx|website=USDA ERS|access-date=27 August 2015}} Full-service and fast food restaurants account for 77% of all food service sales, with full-service restaurants accounting for just slightly more than fast food in 2010. The shifts in the market shares between fast food and full-service restaurants to market demand changes the offerings of both foods and services of both types of restaurants.

According to the National Restaurant Association a growing trend among US consumers for the foodservice industry is global cuisine with 66% of US consumers eating more widely in 2015 than in 2010, 80% of consumers eating 'ethnic' cuisines at least once a month, and 29% trying a new 'ethnic' cuisine within the last year.{{cite web|title=Global Palates 2015|url=http://www.restaurant.org/News-Research/Research/Global-Palates|website=Restaurant.org|access-date=27 August 2015|archive-date=22 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122215702/https://www.restaurant.org/News-Research/Research/Global-Palates|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=New research finds Americans embrace global cuisine|url=http://www.restaurant.org/News-Research/News/New-research-finds-Americans-embrace-global-cuisin|website=Restaurant.org|access-date=27 August 2015|archive-date=30 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130053350/http://www.restaurant.org/News-Research/News/New-research-finds-Americans-embrace-global-cuisin|url-status=dead}}

The Foodservice distributor market size is, as of 2015, $231 billion in the US; the national broadline market is controlled by US Foods and Sysco which combined have a 60-70% share of the market and were blocked from merging by the FTC for reasons of market power.{{cite web|last1=Hamburger|first1=John|title=Sysco and US Foods: The Aftermath|url=http://www.foodservicenews.net/The-FSN-Feed/July-2015/Sysco-and-US-Foods-The-Aftermath/|website=Foodservice News|access-date=27 August 2015}}

Foodservice foods tends to be, on average, higher in calories and lower in key nutrients than foods prepared at home.{{cite web|title=Food Service Industry -Recent Issues|url=http://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-markets-prices/food-service-industry/recent-issues.aspx|website=USDA ERS|access-date=27 August 2015|archive-date=4 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704111219/https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-markets-prices/food-service-industry/recent-issues.aspx|url-status=dead}} Many restaurants, including fast food, have added more salads and fruit offerings and either by choice or in response to local legislation provided nutrition labeling.

In the US, the FDA is moving towards establishing uniform guidelines for fast food and restaurant labeling, its proposed rules were published in 2011 and final regulations published on 1 December 2014 which supersede State and local menu-labeling provisions, going into effect 1 December 2015.{{cite web|last1=Stewart|first1=Hayden|last2=Morrison|first2=Rosanna Mentzer|title=New Regulations Will Inform Consumers About Calories in Restaurant Foods|url=http://www.ers.usda.gov/amber-waves/2015-januaryfebruary/new-regulations-will-inform-consumers-about-calories-in-restaurant-foods.aspx#.Vd8k2zbouAk|website=USDA ERS|access-date=27 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905210608/http://www.ers.usda.gov/amber-waves/2015-januaryfebruary/new-regulations-will-inform-consumers-about-calories-in-restaurant-foods.aspx#.Vd8k2zbouAk|archive-date=5 September 2015|url-status=dead}} Research has shown that the new labels may influence consumer choices, but primarily if it provides unexpected information and that health-conscious consumers are resistant to changing behaviors based on menu labeling Fast food restaurants are expected by the ERS to do better under the new menu labeling than full-service restaurants as full-service restaurants tend to offer much more calorie-dense foods, with 50% of fast food meals being between 400 and 800 calories and less than 20% above 1000 calories, in contrast, full-service restaurants 20% of meals are above 1,400 calories. When consumers are aware of the calorie counts at full-service restaurants 20% choose lower calorie options and consumers also reduce their calorie intake over the rest of the day.

Eating one meal away from home each week translates to 2 extra pounds each year or a daily increase of 134 calories and a decrease in diet quality by 2 points on the Healthy Eating Index.{{cite web|last1=Todd|first1=Jessica E.|last2=Mancino|first2=Lisa|last3=Lin|first3=Biing-Hwan|title=The Impact of Food Away From Home on Adult Diet Quality - Report Summary|url=http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/err-economic-research-report/err90/report-summary.aspx|website=USDA ERS|access-date=27 August 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907001423/http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/err-economic-research-report/err90/report-summary.aspx|archive-date=7 September 2015}}

In addition; the likelihood of contracting a food-borne illness (such as typhoid and hepatitis B, or diseases caused by E. coli, H. pylori, Listeria, Salmonella, and norovirus) is greatly increased due to food not being kept below {{convert|40|F}} or cooked to a temperature of higher than {{convert|160|F}}, not washing hands for at least 20 seconds for food handlers or not washing contaminated cutting boards and other kitchen tools in hot water.{{cn|date=February 2018}}

{{see also|Service à la russe|Service à la française}}Counter service is food ordered by the customer at the counter and either picked up at the counter by the customer or delivered to the table by restaurant staff. It is common in fast food restaurants in the United States, and in pubs and bars in the United Kingdom (see: Table meal).

Table service is food ordered by the customer at the table and served to the customer's table by waiters and waitresses, also known as "servers". Table service is common in most restaurants. With table service, the customer generally pays at the end of a meal. Various methods of table service can be provided, such as silver service.

The provision of safe food for foodservice specifies the requirements for the design, implementation, and maintenance of prerequisite programmes (PRPs) to assist in controlling hazards to food safety in catering. A technical specification is provided as an international standard, ISO/TS 22002-2:2013 Prerequisite programmes on food safety — Part 2: Catering. This technical specification is part of the ISO 22000 family of standards. The scope includes catering, air catering, railway catering, banquets, among others, in central and satellite units, school and industry dining rooms, hospitals and healthcare facilities, hotels, restaurants, coffee shops, food services, and food stores.{{cite web |title=ISO/TS 22002-2:2013 Prerequisite programmes on food safety — Part 2: Catering |url=https://www.iso.org/standard/53493.html |website=iso.org |publisher=ISO}}

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