1. Primary producers

At the primary production stage, food businesses produce raw food for human consumption such as rice farms, fish farms, fruit and vegetable farms, poultry farms, dairy and beef cattle farms and bee-keepers.

2. Manufacturer/ processors

At the secondary production stage, food businesses participate in food manufacturing/ processing and/or food packaging, such as the milk industry, canning industry, bakery industry, jam and jelly manufacturers. Food processors that convert the primary foods to flour can also be grouped in this category.

3. Distributors , transporters and wholesalers

This phase includes pre-retail distribution activities, particularly importation, wholesaling, wholesale storage, and multi-purpose wholesalers who distribute not only to retailers but also to restaurant owners or consumers.

4. Retailers

This stage involves all food retail activities that sell the food to the final consumer such as supermarkets and market stalls usually found in traditional markets.

5. Service Sector

This category includes all forms of catering, including take-away food stalls and catering facilities in firms, school canteens, restaurants and public institutions.

6. Customers

At this phase, goods are sold to the final consumer directly, often by retailers such as bakers, ice cream manufacturers and on-farm manufacturers such as brown sugar processors.