required report public distribution date 2 27 2004 gain number sf4006 south africa republic of hri food service sector approved by scott reynolds us embassy prepared margaret ntloedibe highlights the biggest growth industry in is tourism hotels restaurants institutional and other outlets play an integral part tourists experience expected to continue growing as convenience fast chain become more important african way life ranked 25th global competitiveness out 75 countries highest place among all developing globally this means that country s business environment both competitive sophisticated restaurant dominates roughly 70 market resorts 20 contract catering has a 10 share includes psd changes no trade matrix annual pretoria sf1 sf usda foreign agricultural agriculture information network template version 09 page 16 unclassified table contents section 1 overview