Types of Providers

• Hospitality and catering provision


  Diverse range of operations that combine to offer food, drink and accommodation
• Types of hospitality and catering provisions

  • Commercial provisions
  • Non-commercial provisions
• Commercial provisions


  • Operate to make a profit
  • Include restaurants, cafes, bars, hotels, etc.
• Commercial provisions


  • Cafes and tea rooms
  • Vending machines
  • Pubs, bars and nightclubs
  • Takeaways and street food trucks
  • Hotels, resorts and holiday parks
• Non-commercial provisions


  • Do not operate to make a profit
  • Include canteens, charity food providers, schools, etc.
• Non-commercial provisions


  • Canteens in workplaces
  • Charity run food providers
  • Schools, colleges and universities
  • Meals on wheels
• Customers of commercial non-residential provisions

  • Travellers
  • Business customers
  • Pleasure customers
• Travellers


  Customers who use food and drink provisions while travelling for business or pleasure
• Business customers


  Clients who have meetings over food and drink, or use provisions for business conferences
• Pleasure customers


  Customers who want to go out for food and/or drink for enjoyment
• Customers of non-commercial non-residential provisions

  • Families
  • Homeless people
  • The elderly
  • People struggling to afford meals
• Non-commercial non-residential provisions are establishments that offer food and drink, but this is not their primary purpose