food services
Institutional meal preparation
Food services refers to the industry or department that prepares and serves meals, typically in institutional settings: schools, hospitals, corporate cafeterias, hotels, and catering operations.
The term encompasses everything from cooking to delivery to cleanup.
She works in food services at the university.
Often used as an adjective: food services manager, food services contract.
- bistroInformal small restaurant
- cafeteriaSelf-service dining facility
- commissaryMilitary base store
- buffetSelf-service meal display
- all you can eatUnlimited food for fixed price
steam table · café · restaurant · table service · diner · catering · room service · box lunch · cooking methods · short order cook · menu design · portion control · canteen · seasonal ingredients · front of house · back of house · staffing · dishwashers
- military supporttransportation, communications, engineering, logistics, supply
- School Servicesguidance counselor, school nurse, librarian, special education, tutoring
- military logisticssupply depots, supply lines, supply depot, resupply, supply ships
- Military Recreationrecreation centers, recreation center, recreational facilities, outdoor recreation, leisure activities
- school departmentsspecial education, athletics department, gifted programs, bilingual education, early childhood
- school governanceschool board, school boards, board of education, board of trustees, school leadership
food servicesfood insecurity
Uncertain access to adequate meals
hunger · starvation · famine · food scarcity · food deserts