Via RestaurantNewsRelease.com:
Restaurants are expected to add 428,000 jobs this summer season, a 4.6 percent increase over the March 2010 employment level, according to National Restaurant Association projections released today. America’s restaurants are the nation’s second-largest private-sector employer and job-creator—with nearly 13 million employees—a number projected to grow by more than one million positions in the next decade.
“In these tough economic times, restaurants are playing an ever more important role in their communities, creating jobs and economic opportunity for our nation,” said National Restaurant Association President & CEO Dawn Sweeney. “Every dollar spent in restaurants generates an additional $2.05 spent in the overall economy,” she added.
Here are the top 10 2010 Restaurant Facts from Restaurant.org:
Top Ten Facts in 2010
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$1.6 billion: Restaurant-industry sales on a typical day in 2010.
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$2,698: Average household expenditure for food away from home in 2008.
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40 percent of adults agree that purchasing meals from restaurants and take-out and delivery places makes them more productive in their day-to-day life.
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73 percent of adults say they try to eat healthier now at restaurants than they did two years ago.
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57 percent of adults say they are likely to make a restaurant choice based on how much a restaurant supports charitable activities and the local community.
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78 percent of adults say they would like to receive restaurant gift cards or certificates on gift occasions.
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52 percent of adults say they would be more likely to patronize a restaurant if it offered a customer loyalty and reward program.
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57 percent of adults say they are likely to make a restaurant choice based on how much a restaurant supports charitable activities and the local community.
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56 percent of adults say they are more likely to visit a restaurant that offers food grown or raised in an organic or environmentally friendly way.
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78 percent of adults agree that going out to a restaurant with family or friends gives them an opportunity to socialize and is a better way to make use of their leisure time than cooking and cleaning up.
