| Primary producers | Manufacturers & packers | Importers/Exporters |
| Distributors/Transporters | Supermarket/Hypermarket |
| Smaller retailers | Retailers - Others | Restaurant/Café/Canteen |
| Hotel/Guest House | Pub/Club | Take-away | Caring Establishments | School/College |
| Mobile food unit | Restaurants and caterers - Other |
- Fruit and vegetable growers
- Pick your own farms
- Egg producers
- Potato growers
- Fish farms
- Beekeepers
- Vineyards
- Abattoirs
- Brewery
- Meat manufacturers
- Milk processors & dairy processors
- Cheesemakers
- Soft Drinks, mineral waters
- Vegetable drying, freezing, canning
- Bakery
- Meat or poultry cutting establishments
- Purification centres for shellfish
- Fish processors
- Bakers with no on-site retail
- Fruit & vegetable co-operatives
- Egg packers
- Contract packers
- Food contact material and article manufacturers & suppliers
- Butchers shops cooking hams
- Bakeries selling through their own shops
- Warehouses, freight depots, transit sheds, stores
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- Wholesalers
- Cash & carries
- Cold stores
- Haulage companies
- Milk distributors
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- Supermarkets - the large retail chains should be included e.g. Sainsbury, Tesco, Asda, Morrison, Co-op, Marks and Spencer, Waitrose,and Budgens. City centre or local variants of larger supermarket groups should be included in this category.
- Large scale retail outlets providing a range of goods from more than one grocery sector and from a range of brands.
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- Grocers
- Confectioners
- Butchers
- Fishmongers
- Greengrocer/fruiterer
- Health food shops
- Bakers shops
- Newsagents
- Mobile vans (retailers)
- Market stalls
- Farm shops (if farm not included under producers or other establishments)
- Off licences
- Garage minimarkets
- Small-scale food businesses e.g. butchers, bakers, fishmongers, village shops, grocers. Independent retailers such as Cost Cutter, One Stop and Premier should be included.
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- Retail establishments which do not fit into one of the other categories within retailers.
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- Restaurants
- Cafes
- Self-service catering establishments
- Work place canteens
- 'Fast food' establishments providing seating e.g. MacDonalds, Burger King etc. The drive-thru variants of these chains should also be included in this category
- An establishment offering to cook/prepare food for customers to be consumed on the premises, with a seating area.
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- Hotels
- Guest houses
- Bed and breakfast
- Establishments that provide catering only to customers which they are also providing accommodation. Hotels providing a restaurant service to a wider clientele than their guests, should be recorded under the 'restaurant/café/canteen' category
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- Public Houses
- Clubs
- A commercial establishment whose primary business is to sell alcohol in a public bar. If the pub has a separate restaurant facility it should be recorded under the pub category.
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- Fish & chip shops
- Take-away
- Chinese take-away
- Indian take-away
- Sandwich shop/bar
- An establishment that provides convenience food to customers primarily for consumption off the premises. Establishments must be immobile and housed in a designated building.
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- Hospitals (include each establishment but not each kitchen)
- Nursing/care homes
- Childcare facilities/nurseries
- Establishments where catering services are being provided for customers who are being provided with care, medical treatment or assistance.
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- Schools (include each establishment but not each kitchen)
- Colleges
- A catering establishment, located within a site providing educational instruction and formal qualifications.
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- Mobile catering units
- Burger vans
- A food establishment whose premises include a kitchen, is not housed in a permanent building structure. The entire catering facilities (kitchen etc) must be capable of moving geographic location.
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- Village halls, community centres etc
- Ships' catering spaces
- Restaurant/catering establishments which do not fit into one of the other categories within restaurants and caterers.
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