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Division 56 : Food and beverage service activities

SECTION I: ACCOMODATION AND FOOD SERVICE ACTIVITIES
Division 56 : Food and beverage service activities
GroupClassSub-classDescription
561 Restaurants and mobile food service activities
5610 Restaurants and mobile food service activities
This class excludes:
- concession operation of eating facilities, see 5629
56101Restaurants without bars
56102Cafeterias, fast-food restaurants and other food preparation in market stalls
56103 Ice cream mobile vendors, mobile food carts
56104Restaurant and bar activities connected to transportation, when carried out by separate units
562 Event catering and other food service activities
5621 Event catering
This class includes food services based on contractual arrangements with the customer, at the location specified by the customer, for a specific event
56210Event catering
5629 Other food service activities
This class excludes:
- manufacture of perishable food items for resale, see 1079
- retail sale of perishable food items, see division 47
56291Activities of food service contractors (e.g. for transportation companies)
56292Operation of canteens or (e.g. for factories, offices, hospitals or schools) on a concession basis
563 Beverage serving activities
5630 Beverage serving activities
This class excludes:
- reselling packaged/prepared beverages, see 4711, 4722, 4781, 4799
- operation of discotheques and dance floors without beverage serving, see D289329
56301Bars and Restaurants with bars
56302Tea/coffee shops
56303Fruit juice bars
56304Mobile beverage vendors

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