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In quick-service restaurants, guests place their orders with a server who then delivers it
to the table and receives payment after the meal is finished. - ✔✔False, full-service
restaurants
Retail stores offer prepared meals that can be eaten in the store or taken home. -
✔✔True
Food on most cruise ships is available only during set dining hours. - ✔✔False
Schools and health-care facilities are two types of noncommercial food service
operations. - ✔✔True
In the noncommercial foodservice segment, either contract feeding or self-operators
handle foodservice. - ✔✔True
Travel and tourism is defined as the combination of all the services that people need
and are willing to pay for when they are away from home. - ✔✔True
Hospitality refers to the services people use and receive when they are away from
home. - ✔✔True
The U.S. travel and tourism industry averages sales of over $500 billion a year. -
✔✔False, $1 trillion
Tourism is travel for business purposes. - ✔✔False, recreational purposes
, In addition to foodservice, lodging and event management are important segments of
the hospitality industry. - ✔✔True
Event management includes stadiums, expositions and retail establishments. -
✔✔False, not retail establishments -> conventions
The lodging sector includes hotels, motels and resorts. - ✔✔True
In the 1920s, travelers began to journey by air. - ✔✔False, car
In 1837, the __________ opened a group of restaurants in Manhattan, beginning the
first restaurant chain. - ✔✔Delmonico Brothers
The Harvey House Restaurant opened in ___________ to serve the needs of travelers on
the transcontinental railroad, becoming one of the most popular restaurants of the
time. - ✔✔1876, Topeka Kansas
Roy Allen and Frank Wright sold the rights to allow people to sell their root beer. This
action created the first _________. - ✔✔Franchise company
__________ partnered with the McDonald's brothers to franchise their hamburger
operation. By 1963, there were over 500 McDonald's locations in the United States. -
✔✔Ray Kroc
Norman Brinker opened the first __________ restaurant, a full-service restaurant to
serve middle class customers. - ✔✔Steak and Ale
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