Technology has become crucial for businesses of all scales, enhancing operational efficiency, customer experience, and overall performance. While many formal businesses have embraced technology, small and informal businesses, particularly in rural areas, often struggle with adoption due to...

The purpose of this Special Issue is to show progress regarding current research and literature on the theme of "Current Trends in Tourism under COVID-19 and Future Implications for Sustainability". In particular, this Special Issue of the peer-reviewed international journal Sustainability...

"The rapidly evolving food service industry relies significantly on the synergy between technology and business strategies. Technological advances have fundamentally reshaped consumer perceptions of the food industry, impacting every stage, from production and distribution to final consumption....

This study proposes the quality competencies of Silvestre's Events and Exquisite Style, a catering company based in Pampanga, Philippines. Quality of service is considered the key to a competitor in the catering industry. The study utilized a descriptive method that explores and describes...

The global pandemic has changed the map of the hospitality industry. The food service sector, being an important part of the hospitality industry is hit badly. It was a fastest growing sector of the country which was estimated to grow at a CAGR of over 12 per cent through 2020. But with the...

The aim of the paper is to present the ways in which entrepreneurs in the food service industry react to the pandemic, evaluate the efficiency of their actions, and suggest the most effective solutions to the market disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland. The study used the...

Purpose: The core aim of this article is to study the influence of EBusiness Processes of foodservice companies on increasing food security.Objectives: To study the theoretical background of the creation of foodservice business processes; describe their function in the production cycle; evaluate...

IntroductionPART I - National experiences 1 Rise and decline of standards in UK school meal provision, 1980-2022 Mark Steinand Yiannis Polychronakis2 Sustainable public food procurement in English higher educationPenelope Giosa3 Public procurement and local food in Sweden, Denmark and the UK...

"The purpose of this book is to teach foodservice operators how they can use accounting and financial management techniques, as well as their own education, experience, values, and goals to make the very best management decisions possible for the businesses they manage. Every foodservice...

Food delivery services are now one of the most rapidly growing sectors of digital commerce. The scope of an app between the end-user and the distributor has resulted in the most significant difference between conventional and digital food ordering. The study uses secondary sources of data to...

This paper discusses efficiency considerations underlying the widespread exemption of food from sales and value added taxes, in contrast to the distributional considerations usually used to justify them, analyzing the implications for tax policy. Although there are increasing returns in both...

The focus of this study looks at the motivations and rationale from a national survey of over 7200 Canadians in November 2020 into why they use online services to purchase food. As a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic, food supply chains have been significantly altered. Consumers are...

Environmental issues have always been a challenge since the creation of the term environmental sustainability which has increased the sensitivity of consumers towards purchasing greener products. Developments in this aspect have taken the required course in the manufacturing sector, but the same...

The global pandemic has changed the map of the hospitality industry. The food service sector, being an important part of the hospitality industry is hit badly. It was a fastest growing sectors of the country which was estimated to grow at a CAGR of over 12 percent through 2020. But with the...

Purpose: The aim of this paper is constructing a performance evaluation model for service-oriented catering supply chain. Design/methodology/approach: With the research on the current situation of catering industry, this paper summarized the characters of the catering supply chain, and then...