What are food services?

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Food services refer to the food service industry, where consumers buy meals or food-related items outside of their homes. Food services cut across a wide variety of industries and are not just limited to traditional restaurants, fast food chains, and local cafes.

Here are some of the other industries and places food services can be found:

Hotels
Many hotels also boast restaurants that operate within the hotel. In addition, most hotels offer room service, which is when a guest is provided with a menu and can order a dish, beverage, or appetizer from the hotel's kitchen. The meal or snack is then brought directly to the guest's room.
Cinemas and Theaters
Most movie theaters at least have a snack bar where you can order popcorn, candy, drinks, and other refreshments and snacks. Some theaters even have dinner menus where moviegoers can have a meal or several different courses during their viewing experience.
Schools
Most schools have cafeterias where students can purchase or receive free lunch, in addition to other snacks and beverages. Universities often also have food courts where a myriad of different chain, and sometimes local, restaurants can be found.
Airports
Airports also have food courts and sometimes multiple food courts within a single airport, depending on its size. In addition, many also have food-related shops where travelers can purchase snacks, sandwiches, and beverages for their flights.
Within this same category are commercial airlines themselves. Most commercial planes provide some form of food service. It may just be peanuts or pretzels and drinks, or they may provide hot full-course meals for longer flights for those traveling abroad.
Hospitals
Hospitals also tend to have cafeterias and/or food courts, in addition to small shops where snacks may be sold. Hospitals also have their own kitchens where they prepare meals for patients staying at the hospital.