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http://dx.doi.org/10.4162/nrp.2021.15.S1.S22

Food service industry in the era of COVID-19: trends and research implications  

Lee, Seoki (School of Hospitality Management, The Pennsylvania State University, State College)
Ham, Sunny (Department of Food and Nutrition, Yonsei University)
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Nutrition Research and Practice / v.15, no.sup1, 2021 , pp. 22-31 More about this Journal
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a new type of respiratory disease that has been announced as a pandemic. The COVID-19 outbreak has changed the way we live. It has also changed the food service industry. This study aimed to identify trends in the food and food service industry after the COVID-19 outbreak and suggest research themes induced by industry trends. This study investigated the industry and academic information on the food and food service industry and societal trends resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak. The most noticeable changes in the food industry include the explosive increase in home meal replacement, meal-kit consumption, online orders, take-out, and drive-through. The adoption of technologies, including robots and artificial intelligence, has also been noted. Such industry trends are discussed in this paper from a research perspective, including consumer, employee, and organizational strategy perspectives. This study reviews the changes in the food service industry after COVID-19 and the implications that these changes have rendered to academia. The paper concludes with future expectations that would come in the era of COVID-19.
Keywords
COVID-19; Pandemics; Food services; Technology;
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