Compare and Contrast the Factors That Have Fashioned the Food and Beverage Offer in Commercial and Non Commercial Food Outlets

An example of a non commercial food outlet would be a government based organisation such as a school, hospital, home for the elderly or a prison where as commercial food outlets are away from the government being private run or owned such as a restaurant, pub or bar. Here the differences and similarities will be analysed to show the comparison between the two. Factors such as healthy eating are just one of the issues which will be sought upon in order to see the different aspects of the commercial and non commercial food and beverage industry. The other major factor which separates the two is the financial side being the commercials aim to make and profit and the non commercial providing food for a non captive audience, giving the money back in which they spent on the staffing and ingredients, seeking no profit. Within both industries the main bases is food and gaining an audience, however industries are going dramatically and one which will be particularly discussed is healthy eating, obesity rates increases and the health implications of these factors.
For this report the chosen non commercial outlet which will be analysed is school dinners and the commercial outlet is a five star restaurant.
Firstly within the school sector the main purpose is providing food no other meal experience factors are essential such as service, product, menu, smoke, price, atmosphere and location. The service given within schools is usually based in a canteen being tray service where the customer goes and collects there food themselves and dished up by someone else being a dinner lady. Also types of service are sometimes used such as table, buffet, self service and vending. In terms of the menu there is a set menu being only a limited choice of meals to chose from the children have probably only to three options being mains, dessert and drinks.
This is a typical example of a school dinner menu:
“Pizza-pasta bar: vegetable lasagne, tomato or mascarpone pasta. Main