Using this criteria, there are three categories of these food types. They are: the box-meal, or "Pien Tang", outlets which serve set meals for a reasonable price, and the growing number of instant, pre-packaged, ready-to-serve dishes available in supermarkets.
西式速食方面，大家最耳熟能詳的有漢堡、炸雞、三明治、披薩等；中式速食則大致包括盒餐、速簡餐廳供應的定食及最新開發的調理食品三大類。