Innovative activity as a factor realization of competitive advantages catering

The article examines the development of innovative Food services Nizhny Novgorod region. Describes the components of innovation catering; describes the main preconditions for the development of innovation sphere caterers in the region; is due to the unevenness of innovative activity of public catering. Emphasize the need for formation of integration structures "university-enterprise" and the existing problems impeding their development.