Food and Beverage Management

Davis, Bernard

ISBN 10: 0080966705 / ISBN 13: 9780080966700

Published by Routledge, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Food and Beverage Management
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0080966705
• ISBN 13: 9780080966700
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 5th or later Edition
• Condition: very good

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Synopsis

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 within a wide range of businesses from the UK, the USA and worldwide to help you understand how these ideas work in practice
• Coverage of contemporary environmental concerns, such as sourcing, sustainability and responsible farming. Issues of how to maintain financial control of a business, handling staff and how to market your operation before discussing ways in which you can deliver quality to the customer
• It looks at some of the trends affecting the food and beverage industry covering consumers, the environment, ethical concerns as well as developments in technology
• Updated companion website including case studies, multiple choice questions, PowerPoint slides, revision notes, true or false questions, short answer questions at http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780080966700/

It is illustrated in full colour and contains end-of-chapter summaries and revision questions to test the readers' knowledge as they 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.

About the Author

Bernard Davis wrote the first edition of this book and led its development through the second and third editions to become the best-selling text that it is today.
Andrew Lockwood is the Forte Professor of Hospitality Management and Associate Dean of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Surrey.
Peter Alcott retired from his post as Senior Tutor for Professional Training and SCEPTrE Fellow at the University of Surrey in September 2009. He now teaches Hospitality Management modules.
Ioannis Pantelidis is a Senior Lecturer in Hospitality and Culinary Arts at the University of Brighton.