Evaluating Catering Services in Rinconada: A Framework for Community Extension Programs

This study will guide present and future caterers in managing their catering services appropriately, and this will become a framework for community extension programs of the college. The study aims to identify the business profile of the catering services in Rinconada; assess the business practices of the catering services in Rinconada; identify the problems encountered by catering services in Rinconada; test the significant relationship between the practices and problems encountered by the catering services in Rinconada; test the significant relationship of the business practices with the profile in terms of years, inflow and outflow; test the significant relationship of the problems encountered with the profile in terms of years, inflow and outflow and; to propose an extension project to enhance the business practices catering services in Rinconada. The study was conducted in Rinconada and was on totally enumerated to 33 registered catering services in Rinconada for over 3 years. The descriptive method was used in the study. A significant positive moderate relationship exists between marketing management practices and outflow and inflow. However, a significant negative moderate relationship exists between problems in financial management and the outflow and inflow.