foodservice

See also: food service

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Etymology

From food +‎ service.

Noun

foodservice (uncountable)

  1. The business of providing food and related services.
    Employee turnover tends to be high in the foodservice industry.
    • 2006, Patricia Cobe, Restaurant Business, volume 105, page 60:
      AMERICA IS TURNING INTO A NATION OF CHEESEHEADS. PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION nearly tripled in the last 30 years, from 11 pounds to 31 pounds, with roughly 60 percent of that gain coming through foodservice, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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