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The U.S. restaurant industry is in a funk. Blame it on lunch.
Americans made 433 million fewer trips to restaurants at lunchtime last year, resulting in roughly $3.2 billion in lost business for restaurants, according to market-research firm NPD Group Inc. It was the lowest level of lunch traffic in at least four decades.
While that loss in traffic is a 2% decline from 2015, it is a significant one-year drop for an industry that has traditionally relied on lunch and has had little or no growth for a decade.
"I put [restaurant] lunch right up there with fax machines and pay phones," said Jim Parks, a 55-year-old sales director who used to dine out for lunch nearly every day but found in recent years that he no longer had room for it in his schedule.
Like Mr. Parks, many U.S. workers now see stealing away for an hour at the neighborhood diner in the middle of the day as a luxury. Even the classic "power lunch" is falling out of favor among power brokers.
Re-heating leftovers in the break room microwave takes two minutes and is guaranteed to be on your diet?
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday May 31 2017, @03:12AM (5 children)
Why do you know so much about $10 hookers? Seriously, everything you post is making me wonder what kind of fucked up childhood you had.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2, Informative) by aristarchus on Wednesday May 31 2017, @05:47PM (4 children)
Your error, Azuma, is in the use of the perfect tense. Eth never "had" a childhood, he is still in it. And it looks like he may never get out.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday May 31 2017, @08:18PM
Faaaaair enough :v We should maybe restrict his boozeahol intake some then.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 01 2017, @06:33PM (2 children)
Check out the condescending asshole's history of posts. In recent days he only posts derogatory comments. Hey, Asshole! If you don't have something good to say - STFU!
(Score: 2, Insightful) by aristarchus on Thursday June 01 2017, @09:36PM (1 child)
Thank you for your constructive and positive contribution to the conversation we were having about some Soylentils who lag developmentally. You have greatly increased the chances of Ethanol_fueled ceasing to be a racist misogynist right-wing nutjob. All SoylentNews thanks you! All Hail AC!!!
(Score: 3, Funny) by aristarchus on Friday June 02 2017, @08:34PM
My, my, my, what troubled times are these! I attempt to praise a noble AC, one intent upon making a better community of SoylentNews, and I get modded "troll" for my effort! O Mores! O Tempura! With Soy and Lentils, one can never tell if the AC is being wise Asian style, or is just a legume.