56 Food and beverage service activities

Subcategories of 56 Food and beverage service activities

• 561Restaurants and mobile food service activities

  This class includes the provision of food services to customers, whether they are served while seated or serve themselves from a display of items, whether they eat the prepared meals on the premises, take them out or have them delivered. This includes the preparation and serving of meals for immediate consumption from motorised vehicles or non-motorised carts. This class includes activities of: - restaurants - cafeterias - fast-food restaurants - take-out eating places - ice cream truck vendors - mobile food carts - food preparation in market stalls This class excludes: - retail sale of food through vending machines, see 47.99 - concession operation of eating facilities, see 56.29

• 562Event catering and other food service activities

  This group includes catering activities for individual events or for a specified period of time and the operation of food concessions, such as at sports or similar facilities.

• 563Beverage serving activities

  This class includes preparation and serving of beverages for immediate consumption on the premises. This class includes activities of: - bars - taverns - cocktail lounges - discotheques (with beverage serving predominant) - beer parlours - coffee shops - fruit juice bars - mobile beverage vendors This class excludes: - reselling packaged/prepared beverages, see 47 - retail sale of beverages through vending machines, see 47.99 - operation of discotheques and dance floors without beverage serving, see 93.29

Other NIC 2008 codes under 56 Food and beverage service activities

• 55Accommodation

Frequently asked questions

What is NIC 2008 56?

NIC 2008 56 is "Food and beverage service activities". This division includes food and beverage serving activities providing complete meals or drinks fit for immediate consumption, whether in traditional restaurants, self-service or take-away restaurants, whether as permanent or temporary stands with or without seating. Decisive is the fact that meals fit for immediate consumption are offered, not the kind of facility providing them. Excluded is the production of meals not fit for immediate consumption or not planned to be consumed immediately or of prepared food which is not considered to be a meal (see divisions 10: manufacture of food products and 11: manufacture of beverages). Also excluded is the sale of not self-manufactured food that is not considered to be a meal or of meals that are not fit for immediate consumption (see section G: wholesale and retail trade).

What does NIC 2008 56 include?

56 Food and beverage service activities contains 3 direct subcategories: 561 Restaurants and mobile food service activities; 562 Event catering and other food service activities; 563 Beverage serving activities.

What is the parent category of 56?

56 Food and beverage service activities sits under 56 Food and beverage service activities in the NIC 2008 hierarchy.