MSIC 561—Restaurants and mobile food service activities

Where 561 sits

1. I Accommodation and Food Service Activities
2. 56 Food and beverage service activities
3. 561 Restaurants and mobile food service activities

Contains 1 narrower code

• 5610 Restaurants and mobile food service activities

What 561 includes

• This group includes the provision of food services to customers, whether they are served while seated or serve themselves from a display of items, whether they eat the prepared meals on the premises, take them out or have them delivered. This includes the preparation and serving of meals for immediate consumption from motorised vehicles or non-motorised carts.
• This group includes activities of restaurants, cafeterias, fast-food restaurants, take-out eating places, mobile food operators, including: truck vendors, mobile food carts, food preparation in market stalls, operation of restaurants on transportation equipment and within transportation facilities, if the restaurants are considered as separate units and not part of the transportation provider. Operation of restaurants from within a hotel, if these restaurants are considered as separate units and not part of the hotel. Operation of take-away restaurants in a supermarket if operated by separate units not part of the supermarket.

What 561 excludes

• This group excludes concession operation of eating facilities (see class 5629) , catering activities (see class 5621) , restaurant reservation services, if provided by an intermediary and not by the restaurant (see class 5640) , retail sale of food through vending machines (see group 471) , activities of food service contractors, e.g. for transportation companies (see class 5629) , activities of tea rooms, (see class 5630) and mobile beverage vendors (see class 5630) .

561 in other systems