Managing Food & Beverage Operations l Assignment

Unit 6 – Managing Food & Beverage Operations
Lubica Petikova - 237523
21.03.2022

Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Different types of businesses within the food and beverage industry.............................................3
Traditional Restaurants................................................................................................................3
Cafes............................................................................................................................................3
Bars and Pubs..............................................................................................................................3
Catering Businesses.....................................................................................................................4
Different Rating Systems.................................................................................................................4
Michelin Stars..............................................................................................................................4
AA Rosettes.................................................................................................................................4
Five-Star Rating...........................................................................................................................4
Current and future trends.................................................................................................................5
Buy local......................................................................................................................................5
Meat-free......................................................................................................................................5
Healthier food..............................................................................................................................5
Instagram-able meals...................................................................................................................5
Healthy dieting.............................................................................................................................5
How these trends are affecting businesses’ products and services to meet business objectives and
how businesses have adapted...........................................................................................................6
References........................................................................................................................................7

Introduction
One of the largest marketplaces in the world is the food and beverage industry. There is plenty of
room for growing businesses to pursue high yield opportunities and carve out their piece of pie,
even though the food and beverages industry is dominated by huge corporations with well-
known brand names (Davis, et al., 2018). As for food and beverage manufacturing, it contributes
more to the UK economy than all other manufacturing sectors, including aerospace and
automotive. Over 450,000 people are employed by food and beverage manufacturers across
every nation, and every region in the UK. In the last ten or so years, employment in the industry
has grown by around 20% (Davis, et al., 2018).
Different types of businesses within the food and beverage industry
Traditional Restaurants
Those restaurants that are just ordinary restaurants, that are located at the centre of the city, and
do not have any special features or standards, are the traditional ones (Huang, et al., 2017). In
these restaurants, the staff has a medium level of experience and training, table service is
available, and food is affordable. They are the most common type of food and beverage business
in the UK. The same stuff, which is mentioned above, is responsible for food and beverage
service and the collection of dirty dishes (Huang, et al., 2017). In these types of restaurants,
different cooking methods, rich menus, and different service methods are applied. For preparing
food in traditional restaurants, stoves, stone ovens, grills, and other cooking elements can be
utilised; the majority of the businesses have all of them. Some of the traditional restaurants in the
UK are the Wiltons Restaurant, Simpsons Tavern, and St. JOHN Restaurant (Huang, et al.,
2017).
Cafes
Cafes usually open in the late afternoon or evening, and they have comfortable seating areas.
They are the type of businesses where cakes and pizzas, snacks and foods such as crisps and
sandwiches, and hot and cold drinks, are prepared quite easily (Nazir, et al., 2019). The food is
prepared and consumed very quickly in these businesses because the time factor is given a lot of
importance. Affordable prices and a fast customer cycle are the two biggest advantages of those
cafes which have been operating for a longer period of time (Nazir, et al., 2019). With the help of
live music, the atmosphere is enlivened by some of the cafes. In the last few years, these
businesses have made an appearance as additional units in stores and shopping malls. It must be
kept in mind that providing food and beverage services is not the main field of activity of these
stores and shopping malls. Some of the examples of cafes include Prufrock Café, Foxes Cafe
Lounge, and Society Cafe (Nazir, et al., 2019).
Bars and Pubs
Some food services are provided by pubs as well, even though they are well known as
entertainment and alcoholic beverage sales businesses (Nirino, Miglietta, and Salvi, 2019).
Experienced chefs are employed by some of these businesses and then give themselves the name
of ‘gastropub’. Along with different types of drinks, food is also served as an appetizer. The