Food and Beverage Management

Bernard Davis, Andrew Lockwood, Ioannis Pantelidis, Peter Alcott

Routledge, Jan 11, 2013 - Business & Economics - 464 pages

This introductory textbook provides a thorough guide to the management of food and beverage outlets, from their day-to-day running through to the wider concerns of the hospitality industry.

It explores the broad range of subject areas that encompass the food and beverage market and its five main sectors – fast food and popular catering, hotels and quality restaurants and functional, industrial, and welfare catering. New to this edition are case studies covering the latest industry developments, and coverage of contemporary environmental concerns, such as sourcing, sustainability and responsible farming. It is illustrated in full colour and contains end-of-chapter summaries and revision questions to test your knowledge as you progress. Written by authors with many years of industry practice and teaching experience, this book is the ideal guide to the subject for hospitality students and industry practitioners alike.

Contents

• 1 Introducing food and beverage management: 1
• 2 The restaurant sector: 37
• 3 Contract travel and public sector catering: 67
• 4 Developing the concept: 102
• food and beverage: 130
• purchasing and storage: 162
• production and service: 184
• 8 Food and beverage control: 232
• 9 Staffing issues: 284
• 10 Food and beverage marketing: 304
• 11 Managing quality in food and beverage operations: 333
• 12 Trends and developments: 357
• Index: 376

Bibliographic information

• Title: Food and Beverage Management
• Authors: Bernard Davis, Andrew Lockwood, Ioannis Pantelidis, Peter Alcott
• Edition: 5, revised
• Publisher: Routledge, 2013
• ISBN: 1136001212, 9781136001215
• Length: 464 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Industries / Hospitality, Travel & Tourism