Problems and prospects of development of catering in consumer cooperatives
Relevance and novelty of the work. Sustainable development of the country’s economy can be achieved through targeted impact on the activities of all organizations and enterprises, including consumer cooperation. Consumer cooperation is a multiindustry system, to improve the efficiency of all its sectors, including catering, it is important to determine the main directions and reserves of development. Purpose of work. On the basis of the conducted research of the catering of consumer cooperation to reveal and reveal the main directions of its development. Materials and methods. In the preparation of the article, the materials of scientific and educational literature were used, the indicators of the sphere catering of consumer cooperation based on the materials of the Central Union of the Russian Federation for 2010-2017 were analyzed. General scientific research methods, different methods of economic analysis are applied: comparisons, index analysis, etc. Result of work. The article presents an analytical review of catering of consumer cooperatives, identifies the main problems of its development and the factors that define them and suggests the specific areas of development for catering of consumer cooperatives.