Site name: Restaurants & Institutions Magazine URL: www.rimag.com Background information: Restaurants & Institutions (R&I) is the leading source of vital information for the entire food service industry, covering chains, independent restaurants, hotels, and institutions. Published 24 times per year, R&I reaches over 154,000 subscribers, including executives who operate independent and chain restaurants, hospitals, colleges, schools, airline food service, and hotels/resorts, as well as dealers/distributors and consultants in the food service supplies industry.

Exercises: Click on the “Archives” link and select the most current year when a September 15 issue is available. Read the article regarding R&I’s annual report on on-site (noncommercial) food service business segments.

a. What are the current trends in on-site food service that are identified in the article?

b. What are the issues facing this segment of the food service industry and how are they similar/different from the restaurant industry?

c. Discuss what you consider to be the future direction of on-site food service in each of the four primary segments.