Impact of Over Supply of Food and Beverage Outlets on Manpower Demand

Debated in Parliament on 13 Jul 2015.

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The number of F&B establishments in Singapore grew from 6,000 in 2009 to 7,000 in 2014, with employment in the sector rising faster than the overall workforce, prompting concerns about manpower sustainability.
The sector faces challenges including slowing sales growth, increased competition, and labour constraints, making continued expansion in workforce size unsustainable.
The government is promoting productivity and manpower efficiency through initiatives like the Food Services Productivity Roadmap, which supports kitchen automation, workflow redesign, and digital services.
F&B enterprises can access grants and vouchers such as the Capability Development Grant and Innovation and Capability Voucher to adopt technology and reduce reliance on manpower.
The emphasis is on transforming the sector through innovation and productivity gains to address labour shortages while supporting ongoing and future projects.

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Liang Eng Hwa

Mr Liang Eng Hwa asked the Minister for Trade and Industry whether there is an oversupply of food and beverage outlets and whether the manpower situation will worsen given the impending growth in this sector coupled with various mega projects in the pipeline.

Lim Hng Kiang

The number of establishments in the Food and Beverage (F&B) sector has increased from 6,000 in 2009 to 7,000 in 2014. The total number of workers employed has also increased at an annual rate of 4.8% from December 2009 to December 2014, which is higher than the overall workforce growth rate of 3.9% over the same period. This trend is not sustainable given our labour constraints. In addition, sales volume in the F&B sector is slowing down and companies are facing greater competition. It is, therefore, important for the F&B sector to improve its productivity and become more manpower-efficient.

Under the Food Services Productivity Roadmap, SPRING has implemented strategies to drive sector transformation through mass adoption of productivity initiatives. These include kitchen automation, workflow redesign, centralised dishwashing, vending machine formats, grab-and-go formats and digital services. F&B enterprises can tap on SPRING’s Capability Development Grant (CDG) and Innovation and Capability Voucher (ICV) to develop capabilities, improve productivity, adopt technology and innovation to reduce reliance on manpower.

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The number of F&B establishments in Singapore grew from 6,000 in 2009 to 7,000 in 2014, with employment in the sector rising faster than the overall workforce, prompting concerns about manpower sustainability.
The sector faces challenges including slowing sales growth, increased competition, and labour constraints, making continued expansion in workforce size unsustainable.
The government is promoting productivity and manpower efficiency through initiatives like the Food Services Productivity Roadmap, which supports kitchen automation, workflow redesign, and digital services.
F&B enterprises can access grants and vouchers such as the Capability Development Grant and Innovation and Capability Voucher to adopt technology and reduce reliance on manpower.
The emphasis is on transforming the sector through innovation and productivity gains to address labour shortages while supporting ongoing and future projects.

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Impact of Over Supply of Food and Beverage Outlets on Manpower Demand

Debated in Parliament on 13 Jul 2015.

Summary written by AI (learn more)

The number of F&B establishments in Singapore grew from 6,000 in 2009 to 7,000 in 2014, with employment in the sector rising faster than the overall workforce, prompting concerns about manpower sustainability.
The sector faces challenges including slowing sales growth, increased competition, and labour constraints, making continued expansion in workforce size unsustainable.
The government is promoting productivity and manpower efficiency through initiatives like the Food Services Productivity Roadmap, which supports kitchen automation, workflow redesign, and digital services.
F&B enterprises can access grants and vouchers such as the Capability Development Grant and Innovation and Capability Voucher to adopt technology and reduce reliance on manpower.
The emphasis is on transforming the sector through innovation and productivity gains to address labour shortages while supporting ongoing and future projects.

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Liang Eng Hwa

Lim Hng Kiang

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The number of F&B establishments in Singapore grew from 6,000 in 2009 to 7,000 in 2014, with employment in the sector rising faster than the overall workforce, prompting concerns about manpower sustainability.
The sector faces challenges including slowing sales growth, increased competition, and labour constraints, making continued expansion in workforce size unsustainable.
The government is promoting productivity and manpower efficiency through initiatives like the Food Services Productivity Roadmap, which supports kitchen automation, workflow redesign, and digital services.
F&B enterprises can access grants and vouchers such as the Capability Development Grant and Innovation and Capability Voucher to adopt technology and reduce reliance on manpower.
The emphasis is on transforming the sector through innovation and productivity gains to address labour shortages while supporting ongoing and future projects.

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Impact of Over Supply of Food and Beverage Outlets on Manpower Demand

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