The requirements for community catering have changed radically in recent years. Today, facilities focus on balanced, fresh and target group-oriented catering – as an important component of health, well-being and security of supply. At the same time, guests, patients, residents and students have increasing expectations in terms of quality, variety and design.
The ongoing shortage of skilled workers is compounding economic aspects such as rising operating costs, posing major challenges for community catering. On top of this are the ever stricter legal and hygiene requirements, the demand for sustainable and healthy food and the constant need to keep pace with digitalization and technological progress. Operators of canteens, commercial kitchens and catering facilities must therefore react flexibly to these diverse challenges if they are to make their catering systems successful, efficient and sustainable.