Abstract:

Extensive research has been carried out in 1966 in Czechoslovakia in the field of catering for the general public. The aim of this research was to lay down the conception of public catering for the period of time up to 1980. The purpose of the present study is not merely to state results obtained, but also to appraise methods applied in the course of the investigation concerning the catering for the general public and in a way to generalise social and psychological aspects of the problem as a whole, aspects, that come to light by this research.