Singapore is home to a rich diversity of culinary flavours, with our food services industry playing a vital role in our economy. Companies that start right do so by optimising processes and cutting manual work, lowering operational costs and enhancing customer experience. This enables companies to reap benefits and build a competitive edge.
Browse our programmes and initiatives
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Productivity
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Talent Attraction & Development
Career Conversion Programme for Food Services Industry (PMET)
Upskill PMET employees, attract new hires, and facilitate mid-career hires to take on enhanced job roles.
Career Conversion Programme for Food Services Industry (Non-PMET)
Upskill non-PMET employees, attract new hires, and facilitate mid-career hires to take on enhanced job roles.
Career Trial Programme
Discover skilled jobseekers who are keen to return to the workforce by hiring through a short-term trial.
Chief Technology Officer-as-a-Service
Simplify your company's digitalisation journey with quick access to expertise and resources through CTOaaS.
F&B Process Optimisation Programme
Explore pre-scoped process redesign packages to optimise outlet operations.
SGUnited Mid-Career Pathways Programme
Full-time attachment for mid-career individuals to gain meaningful industry skills and experience.
SkillsFuture Work Study Programme
Tap structured training programmes to attract talent as they pursue their studies at the same time.
SkillsFuture Series
Encourage employees to develop skills through short training programmes focused on emerging areas.
SkillsFuture Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy
Encourage mid-career employees to go for training amidst the changing work environment.
Chief Technology Officer-as-a-Service
Simplify your company's digitalisation journey with quick access to expertise and resources through CTOaaS.
F&B Process Optimisation Programme
Explore pre-scoped process redesign packages to optimise outlet operations.
Career Conversion Programme for Food Services Industry (PMET)
Upskill PMET employees, attract new hires, and facilitate mid-career hires to take on enhanced job roles.
Career Conversion Programme for Food Services Industry (Non-PMET)
Upskill non-PMET employees, attract new hires, and facilitate mid-career hires to take on enhanced job roles.
Career Trial Programme
Discover skilled jobseekers who are keen to return to the workforce by hiring through a short-term trial.
SGUnited Mid-Career Pathways Programme
Full-time attachment for mid-career individuals to gain meaningful industry skills and experience.
SkillsFuture Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy
Encourage mid-career employees to go for training amidst the changing work environment.
SkillsFuture Series
Encourage employees to develop skills through short training programmes focused on emerging areas.
SkillsFuture Work Study Programme
Tap structured training programmes to attract talent as they pursue their studies at the same time.
Key opportunities
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Productivity
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Automation & Digitalisation
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Process outsourcing
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Manpower development
How does your business perform against others? EnterpriseSG worked with the Singapore Productivity Centre to develop productivity benchmarks for the Food Services industry, using key metrics like sales per man-hour to give you a clear picture of outlet performance.
These benchmarks are now available across sub-sectors, making it easier for businesses to set achievable targets for improvement. Whether you're looking to identify growth opportunities or validate your current performance, these industry insights can help guide your next steps.
Supply chain and procurement optimisation presents a significant opportunity for F&B businesses. For F&B outlets, outsourcing non-core kitchen functions such as ingredient sourcing and food preparation can help enable economies of scale while allowing the company to focus on other higher value-added services (e.g. customer engagements). Larger operators can leverage their existing infrastructure to provide shared resources for the sector, creating additional revenue streams while maximising asset utilisation.
This collaborative approach enables businesses of all sizes to improve operational efficiency, reduce waste, and build more resilient operations in an increasingly competitive market.
Supply chain and procurement optimisation presents a significant opportunity for F&B businesses. For F&B outlets, outsourcing non-core kitchen functions such as ingredient sourcing and food preparation can help enable economies of scale while allowing the company to focus on other higher value-added services (e.g. customer engagements). Larger operators can leverage their existing infrastructure to provide shared resources for the sector, creating additional revenue streams while maximising asset utilisation.
This collaborative approach enables businesses of all sizes to improve operational efficiency, reduce waste, and build more resilient operations in an increasingly competitive market.
Manpower development represents an avenue for Singapore's food services industry to address new opportunities. Investing in skills upgrading, training, and career progression pathways can help businesses cultivate a more capable and committed workforce, creating competitive advantage for both the individual and the company.
Resources include:Get recognised for consistent quality through standards
Adopting standards is an effective way for your company to maintain consistent quality, build customer trust and gain acceptance in global markets.
Use recognised standards for your business and assure your customers that you have met local and international benchmarks for good quality.
Is your business staying competitive?
Launched in 2016 and refreshed in 2022, the Food Services Industry Transformation Map (ITM) aims to develop the food services industry into an innovative and resilient one, with a stable of homegrown regional brands.
Explore the ITM to understand core strategies at work, initiatives and schemes to support the industry as a whole, and how you can grow and transform your business.
Ways to expand your business in food services
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Guides & Insights | Food Services
Upgrade your business capabilities with our tools and stay up to date on the latest food services news.
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Industry Partners | Food Services
Work closely with industry associations and partners to grow your business in food services.
