Obshchepit

Obshchepit ({{lang-rus|общепит|p=ɐpɕːɪˈpʲit}}, abbreviated from общественное питание, "public foodservice", "communal dining") was an industry in the former Soviet Union which handled food service via a system of "public eating establishments": diners, cafeterias, restaurants, etc. "Food culture in Russia and Central Asia", by Glenn Randall Mack, Asele Surina, 2005, {{ISBN|0-313-32773-4}}, [https://books.google.com/books?id=j7MTx_zcIR0C&pg=PA114&dq=obshchepit p. 114]

According to the latest All-Union Classification System of the National Economy, obshchepit was under the category "Trade and public foodservice".