r/FoodService
5k members
r/FoodService is a subreddit with 5k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses food, restaurant owners, catering, restaurant, and packaging, and they frequently recommend/review non slip shoes.
A professional foodservice industry discussion sub.
Popular Themes in r/FoodService
#1
Advice Requests
: "Please read and share your thoughts"
15 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "How to manage fruit flies?"
10 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Vendor price creep is silently killing margins. How are you tracking daily invoice fluctuations?"
7 posts
#4
Opportunities
: "Food Quality / Ways to Improve"
5 posts
#5
Money Talk
: "Where to find a quick business loan that funds this week?"
1 post
#6
Self-Promotion
: "Hiring Chef & Support Staff for a New Restaurant/Cafe in Sector 40, Gurgaon"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/FoodService
#1
Food
: "Food Quality / Ways to Improve"
7 posts
#2
Restaurant Owners
: "Restaurant Owners/managers — how do you handle last-minute shift call-outs?
Do you text employees individually, use a group chat, call people, or use scheduling software?
What’s the most frustrating part of finding someone to cover?"
6 posts
#3
Catering
: "Looking for advice after a wedding where the caterer arrived over 2 hours late and we ended up rejecting part of the meal"
5 posts
#4
Restaurant
: "10th grader trying to understand what Restaurant work is actually like"
5 posts
#5
Packaging
: "Foodservice & Packaging Survey"
4 posts
#6
Serving
: "thanks for telling me how i should be doing my Serving wage job"
4 posts
#7
Worst
3 posts
#8
Food Service
: "Re-entering Food Service Industry After Grad School"
3 posts
#9
Ways To Improve
: "Food Quality / Ways To Improve"
3 posts
#10
Ways
: "Food Quality / Ways to Improve"
3 posts
Products Discussed in r/FoodService
Non Slip Shoes
6 reviews
#1
Dansko
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
Crocs
4.5★ from 2 reviews
#3
Skechers
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/FoodService
#1
Question
: "Please read and share your thoughts"
90 posts
#2
Discussion
: "please stop lying about having allergies"
68 posts
#3
Support
: "Nobody at my job knows how to properly date food but me 😵💫"
24 posts
#4
News
: "Restaurant inspection data may help strengthen foodborne illness prevention"
2 posts
Member Growth in r/FoodService
Yearly
+2k members(80.7%)
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Last updated: October 1, 2026