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national industry 722514

Cafeterias, Grill Buffets, and Buffets

Overview

This U.S. industry comprises establishments, known as cafeterias, grill buffets, or buffets, primarily engaged in preparing and serving meals for immediate consumption using cafeteria-style or buffet serving equipment, such as steam tables, refrigerated areas, display grills, and self-service nonalcoholic beverage dispensing equipment. Patrons select from food and drink items on display in a continuous cafeteria line or from buffet stations.

The immediate parent of national industry 722514 is international industry 72251: Restaurants and Other Eating Places

2017 NAICS Edition Cross References

  • Providing food services to patrons who order and are served while seated and pay after eating--are classified in U.S. Industry 722511, Full-Service Restaurants;
  • Providing food services where patrons generally order or select items and pay before eating, other than mobile food services, cafeterias, grill buffets, buffets, and snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars--are classified in U.S. Industry 722513, Limited-Service Restaurants; and
  • Selling a specialty snack (e.g., ice cream, frozen yogurt, cookies, popcorn) or nonalcoholic beverage, except from mobile vehicles, for consumption on or near the premises--are classified in U.S. Industry 722515, Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars.

Sub-Descriptions

  1. 722514 - Buffet eating places
  2. 722514 - Cafeterias

History

The NAICS editions in which this code was present are indicated below. In the event that a code was changed from the prior edition the equivalent value in that edition is provided for reference.

Edition Existed Equivalent Value
2002 722212
2007 722212
2012 722514
2017 722514
2022 722514

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Mappings

  1. 5812 - Eating Places

Insurance Industry Mappings

The US Property and Casualty Insurance Industry may use the following classification descriptions which might encompass national industry 722514, Cafeterias, Grill Buffets, and Buffets:

  1. accommodation and food service
  2. boarding house or hotel resort restaurant employee
  3. boarding house or hotel seasonal restaurant employee
  4. buffet or cafeteria style restaurant
  5. cafeteria
  6. cafeteria grill buffet and buffet
  7. cafeteria grill buffet and buffet naic
  8. cafeteria operated by employer for own employee
  9. cafeteria or buffet style restaurant
  10. cafeteria style buffet
  11. eating place
  12. fast food restaurant cafeteria style buffet
  13. food service and drinking place
  14. hotel not otherwise classified restaurant employee
  15. hotel or boarding house resort
  16. hotel or boarding house resort restaurant employee
  17. hotel or boarding house seasonal restaurant employee
  18. hotel or motel food service operation
  19. hotel restaurant
  20. hotel restaurant employee
  21. hotel restaurant see ruling and interpretation section hotel or motel operation
  22. luncheonette
  23. motel motor court tourist court or cabin restaurant employee
  24. restaurant
  25. restaurant 30 alcoholic bevg with table service with delivery
  26. restaurant 30 alcoholic bevg witho table service with seating with delivery
  27. restaurant 30 alcoholic bevg witho table service with seating witho delivery
  28. restaurant and other eating place
  29. restaurant bring your own alcohol establishment without table service with seating
  30. restaurant bring your own alcohol with no sale of alcoholic beverage without table service with seating
  31. restaurant buffet
  32. restaurant cafeteria
  33. restaurant fast food restaurant cafeteria style buffet
  34. restaurant licensed no dancing or live entertainment
  35. restaurant licensed no live entertainment no dancing
  36. restaurant licensed no live entertainment no dancing liquor liability
  37. restaurant no alcohol sale or entertainment
  38. restaurant no sale of alcoholic bevg with table service with delivery
  39. restaurant no sale of alcoholic bevg witho table service with seating with delivery
  40. restaurant no sale of alcoholic bevg witho table service with seating witho delivery
  41. restaurant not licensed food delivery for automobile is not written for owned or non owned vehicle
  42. restaurant not otherwise classified
  43. restaurant or tavern
  44. restaurant premium basi shall not include board lodging or gratuity
  45. restaurant sale of alcoholic beverage less than 30 of receipt without table service with seating cgl
  46. restaurant with no sale of alcoholic beverage withour table servicewith seating
  47. restaurant with no sale of alcoholic beverage without table service with seating
  48. restaurant with sale of alcoholic beverage that is less than 30 of the annual receipt of the restaurant without table service
  49. restaurant with sale of alcoholic beverage that is less than 30 of theannual receipt of the restaurant without table service with seating
  50. school cafeteria and kitchen employee
  51. school food service operation

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