ABSTRACT
The restaurant and food service industry sectors are important food system actors who feed millions of customers daily. These sectors offer a variety of inexpensive and convenient meals either consumed by customers on the premises, through takeaway, or delivered at home though new mobile technology. They have the capacity to adopt comprehensive policies and use marketing-mix and choice-architecture strategies to create sustainable food systems that are healthy, humane, fair and socially just, affordable and profitable. These food service sectors can encourage healthy and sustainable food systems that foster the concept of “one health” for people, animals, the environment and planet. This chapter explores current trends, business opportunities and challenges for the transnational restaurant sector to improve the diet quality and health of populations, and to reduce this sector’s adverse impact on the environment. It also discusses emerging technology and restaurant partnerships with delivery service businesses. The opportunities and challenges described are applicable to independent takeaway food establishments and the hospitality and food service sectors to promote healthy and sustainable food systems that align with one health and the UN 2030 Sustainable Development agenda.
