Marketing
CATERING SERVICES
Summary of Operations
Sources of Income
Employment
SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS
At the end of June 2007 there were 1,437 catering businesses operating in Australia. These businesses: • employed 50,268 people at end June 2007 • generated income of $3,970.7m during 2006-07 • incurred expenses of $3,753.1m for the same period.
Industry value added by catering businesses was $1,833.1m, contributing the equivalent of 0.2% to Australia's gross domestic product for 2006-07.
During 2006-07, operating profit before tax for these businesses was $208.1m and their an operating profit margin was 5.3%.
Back to top
SOURCES OF INCOME
During 2006-07 catering businesses generated $3,970.7m in income.
The graph below shows that the main source of income for catering businesses was takings from catering services, accounting for four-fifths (80.2% or $3,182.4m) of total income.
SOURCES OF INCOME(a), Catering services
[pic]
Sales of liquor and other beverages accounted for 6.6% ($263.9m) of total income and other sales of goods 4.5% ($179.6m).
Back to top
EMPLOYMENT
At the end of June 2007, there were 50,268 people employed by catering businesses.
Catering businesses were characterised by a large casual work force, accounting for more than half (58.5% or 29,383 people) of all employment. Permanent full-time employees accounted for over a quarter (28.1% or 14,128 persons) of all employment, while permanent part-time