Define: Food Service Establishment

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• Food Service means the handling, creation, and disposal of food aimed for consumption in a facility by facility staff or through a structured agreement that meals will be often catered by an external party. Seen in 19 SEC filings.
• Food Service means the dissemination of made foods for consumption, along with those items created at a facility, received from established food establishments, milk placed in a serving container, ice transported, stored and dispensed, lunches packaged from household, and the usage of utensils to mitigate direct food contact. Seen in 16 SEC filings.
• Food Service means any spot, area, or room within a building where food is habitually prepared and served. Seen in 8 SEC filings.
• Food Service means the customary goods and services offered by cafeterias, restaurants, snack bars or vending machines for food or drinks. Seen in 7 SEC filings.
• Food Service means locations that offer food service to consumers in cafeterias, hospital food services, school lunch programs, and similar institutional food service locations. Seen in 5 SEC filings.
• Food Service means a cafeteria, snack bar, vending machines for food and beverages, and goods and services ordinarily extended in relation to any of the foregoing. Seen in 4 SEC filings.
• Food Service means cooking or putting together food on premises, primarily for on premises consumption. Commercially pre-packaged items which necessitate no heating, cooking, or assembly and which may be procured off-premises do not constitute food or beverage service. Seen in 3 SEC filings.

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ice Establishment defined in a legal contract?

• Food Service Establishment means a place where food and drink are prepared for direct consumption. This could be a variety of places such as restaurants, coffee shops, sandwich shops, theaters and more. It also includes any other place where food is served or provided to the public. However, it does not include any of the specified excluded locations.
  Seen in 102 SEC filings.
• Food Service Establishment means a place where food is prepared or served for immediate individual consumption on the premises. It applies irrespective if a sales tax is charged or not.
  Seen in 31 SEC filings.
• Food Service Establishment means any location where food is prepared with the intent for individual portion service. Despite the location or whether there is a charge for the food, all such places are included within this term. Yet, it does not include private homes or locations of vending machines.
  Seen in 20 SEC filings.
• Food Service Establishment means any area, including outdoor seating, where the main business is selling food for consumption on the premises.
  Seen in 19 SEC filings.
• Food Service Establishment means any indoor area or a part of the building where the main business is the sale of food for consumption on the premises. The definition broadens to include restaurants, cafeterias, coffee shops, and similar businesses.
  Seen in 13 SEC filings.Genie Definition 1
• Food Service means the regular provision of food, intended for consumption, on-site or off-site at a specified location.
• Relevant Contract Types
• Catering Agreement
• Vendor Agreement
• School Lunch Program Agreement
• Event Management Agreement
• Relevant Circumstances
• Implementation of school, hospital, or office canteen.
• Coordination of a catering service for events or conferences.
• Contracting a third-party vendor for regular meal supply.
• Agreement with a food delivery service for regular provisions.
• Relevant Sectors
• Education
• Hospitality
• Healthcare
• Corporate sector
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• Food Service Establishment means a location where prepared food is provided for immediate individual service directly to a customer regardless of whether consumption occurs on or off the premises.
  Seen in 12 SEC filings.

Note: The Genie AI Legal Assistant pulled this data out of the SEC EDGAR Database of 500,000 records from the past 22 years of filings. We regularly update this page as new filings and definitions come in.

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Which definition should you use?

🤔 Our AI Legal Assistant has combined and improved the above descriptions to create market-standard 'Genie definitions' below, with guidance on which documents and which industry to use for each.

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Genie Definition 1

• Food Service Establishment means a business where food is prepared and served for immediate consumption, including both on-site and off-site consumption.

Relevant Contract Types

• Restaurant Lease Agreements
• Catering Service Agreements
• Food Supply Agreements
• Franchise Agreements

Relevant Circumstances

• Setting up a new restaurant or café.
• Transitioning a retail location to a restaurant or café.
• Contracting with a catering service for an event.
• Opening a franchise of a restaurant chain.

Relevant Sectors

• Hospitality
• Food and Beverage
• Franchising
• Event Management

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Genie Definition 2

• Food Service Establishment means any indoor or outdoor area where food is sold for on-premises consumption.

Relevant Contract Types

• Outdoor Venue Hire Agreements
• Stadium Concession Agreements
• Music Festival Food Vendor Agreements

Relevant Circumstances

• Arranging for food vendors at an outdoor event or festival.
• Contracting for concession stand operations at a sports stadium.

Relevant Sectors

• Events and Entertainment
• Sports
• Music

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