the collective catering market | Italy

2.1 Traditional Demand Levers

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The main markets for contract catering in Italy are business, education, health and medico-social, accounting for **%, **% and **% of total contract catering turnover in **** respectively

In Italy outsourcing rates are high:

**% in the workplace **% in workplaces with public administrations **% in the education market **% in the health and medico-social market

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2.2 Evolution of traditional demand levers

The ageing of the population

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As the number of people over the age of ** continues to grow, it is likely that the number of benefits for them is also increasing. While the family remains the main support for the elderly in Italy, the indispensability of old people's homes is increasingly ...

2.3 New Demand Levers

Fragmentation of demand

Employees and students are increasingly disrespecting the traditional lunch break. The length of the lunch break has been steadily decreasing in recent years as employees and students adapt to their schedules and appetites. They spread their consumption throughout the day, resulting in a multiplication of meals. According to ...

3.1 A less concentrated market than the rest of Europe

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This graph corresponds to the companies in the sector ATECO ****, i.e. canteens and continuous catering on a contractual basis. The sector is dominated by small structures. In fact, the vast majority of companies in the sector have fewer than ** employees. **% have just one employee and **% of companies have between ...

3.2 Legal forms & number of companies

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The number of canteens decreased between **** and ****. The number of canteens decreased from **** in **** to *** in ****. Conversely, the number of companies in the continuous catering sector on a contractual basis increased over the same period. With *** companies in this sector in ****, there were *** in ****.

In both cases, the majority ...

3.3 Distribution of costs within the sector

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The acquisition of goods and services represents the largest burden for canteens and contract catering companies, reaching *.* billion euros in ****. This is followed by personnel costs and salaries in the amount of *.* and *.* billion euros respectively.

4.1 Different offers

A varied offer

Beyond the segmentation by type of customer, we can see an offer that differs according to the type of management:

direct management : preparation in the kitchens of the customers use of central kitchens : the cooked meals are transported to the client. Meals can be delivered in single portion ...

4.2 Increasingly attentive to food wastage

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According to a study by the Technical Institute of Milan, *,*** thousand tons of food waste are produced per year, equivalent to **.* billion euros. Final consumers are largely responsible for this waste: **% of the leftovers are due to consumers. As for the catering industry, which brings together collective and private catering, ...

4.3 A gradual increase in prices

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Catering prices have been rising steadily in recent years, as shown in the price index below. In Italy, they have increased by **% between **** and ****.

More specifically, prices for Italian canteens increased by *.*% between October ****. This is mainly due to a price increase in company canteens, which show a price increase ...

5.1 Regulations

A highly regulated sector

The sector is subject to various regulations at both national and European level with the European Union regulations.

A distinction is made between regulations applicable to food hygiene and safety .

The European Union has adopted several pieces of legislation aimed at establishing a single and transparent policy ...

6.1 Segmentation of players

• Elior
• CIRFood (Cooperativa Italiana di Ristorazione)
• CAMST (Cooperativa Albergo Mensa Spettacolo e Turismo)
• Compass Group Italia
• Sodexo Groupe
• Autogrill