Table of Contents
Introduction and Abbreviations
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- Introduction
- Data for this report
- Other relevant reports
- Abbreviations and terms
- Abbreviations
- Terms
Executive Summary
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- Commercial restaurant spending grows with disposable income
- Dining out is both a treat and a necessity
- Emergence of fast casual and curbside pick-up demonstrates importance of convenience
- Demographic trends favor increased spending in both limited and full service segments
- Consumers actively seek healthy meals—when there’s enough time
- Restaurants and consumers go online
- Retail-host restaurants are the fastest-growing segment
Market Factors
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- Steady growth in spending on food away from home
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- Figure 1: Consumer expenditure on food away from home per capita and U.S. population, 1985-2004
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- Figure 2: Total food expenditure per capita and food away from home expenditure as percentage of total food expenditure, 1985-2004
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- Figure 3: Consumer expenditure on total food and food away from home as percentage of disposable income, 1985-2004
- Dining out is a treat
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- Figure 4: Reasons for dining out, November 2005
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- Figure 5: What one change would increase the number of times you eat at restaurants, 2005
- Time pressure drives business for limited service restaurants
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- Figure 6: Attitudes towards cooking, February 2004
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- Figure 7: Attitudes towards time pressure, by QSR usage, May 2004-May 2005
- Consumers try to eat healthier
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- Figure 8: Attitudes towards healthy eating, May 2004-May 2005
- Figure 9: Percentage of Baby Boomers with selected medical conditions, Jan-Sep 2005
- Demographics
- An aging population
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- Figure 10: U.S. population, by age, 2000, 2005, and 2010
- Increasing ethnic/racial diversity
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- Figure 11: U.S. population, by race and Hispanic origin, 2000, 2005 & 2010
- Marital status and presence of children
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- Figure 12: Households with and without children as percentage of total U.S. households, 2000-04
Market Size and Trends
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- Market Size
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- Figure 13: Total U.S. sales at commercial restaurants, at current and constant prices, 2000-05
- Figure 14: Graph: Total U.S. sales at commercial restaurants, at current and constant prices, 2000-05
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- Figure 15: Real growth in disposable personal income and in the growth of the commercial restaurant market, 2001-05
- Market trends
- Off-premise dining
- Ethnic and specialty foods
- Internet presence and marketing
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- Figure 16: Internet usage for restaurant-related activities, 1999 & 2005
- Nutritional labeling on the menu
Market Segmentation
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- Figure 17: U.S. sales at commercial restaurants segmented by type, 2003 & 2005
- Figure 18: Graph: U.S. sales at commercial restaurants, by segment, 2005
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- Figure 19: Indexed market sizes in current prices by segment, 2000-05
- Full service vs. limited service
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- Figure 20: Share of sales of meals and snacks away from home, by restaurant type, 1982-2004
- Emergence of fast casual
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- Figure 21: Fast casual market by menu theme, 2004
- Retail-host outlets: supermarkets enter upscale prepared food market
- Snack and non-alcoholic beverage bars: follow the coffee
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Deciding to Dine Out
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- Summary
- Detailed consumer analysis
- Prevalence of dining out
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- Figure 22: Prevalence of dining out, by age, November 2005
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- Figure 23: Prevalence of dining out, by household income, November 2005
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- Figure 24: Prevalence of dining out, by race/ethnicity, November 2005
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- Figure 25: Prevalence of dining out, by marital status, November 2005
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- Figure 26: Prevalence of dining out, by presence of children, November 2005
- Frequency of dining out in the evening
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- Figure 27: Frequency of dining out in the evening, by age, March 2006
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- Figure 28: Frequency of dining out in the evening, by household income, March 2006
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- Figure 29: Frequency of dining out in the evening, by race/ethnicity, March 2006
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- Figure 30: Frequency of dining out in the evening, by marital status, March 2006
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- Figure 31: Frequency of dining out in the evening, by presence of children, March 2006
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- Figure 32: Frequency of dining out in the evening, by type of community, March 2006
- Reasons for dining out
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- Figure 33: Reasons for dining out, by gender, November 2005
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- Figure 34: Reasons for dining out, by age, November 2005
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- Figure 35: Reasons for dining out, by household income, November 2005
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- Figure 36: Reasons for dining out, by race/ethnicity, November 2005
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- Figure 37: Reasons for dining out, by marital status, November 2005
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- Figure 38: Reasons for dining out, by presence of children, November 2005
- Dining out habits
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- Figure 39: Attitudes towards frequency of dining out, by gender, November 2005
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- Figure 40: Attitudes towards frequency of dining out, by age, November 2005
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- Figure 41: Attitudes towards frequency of dining out, by household income, November 2005
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- Figure 42: Attitudes towards frequency of dining out, by presence of children, November 2005
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- Figure 43: Attitudes towards frequency of dining out, by geographic region, November 2005
- Cohort analysis
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- Figure 44: Dining out as a hobby or leisure activity, by cohort, May 2004-May 2005
Attitudes Towards Restaurant Selection
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- Summary
- Detailed consumer analysis
- Types of restaurants patronized
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- Figure 45: Types of restaurants patronized, by age, March 2006
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- Figure 46: Types of restaurants patronized, by household income, March 2006
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- Figure 47: Types of restaurants patronized, by race/ethnicity, March 2006
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- Figure 48: Types of restaurants patronized, by marital status, March 2006
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- Figure 49: Types of restaurants patronized, by presence of children, March 2006
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- Figure 50: Types of restaurants patronized, by type of community, March 2006
- Additional attitudes towards restaurant selection
- Amount spent while dining out
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- Figure 51: Amount spent on meals in the last week, March 2006
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- Figure 52: Amount spent on meals in the last week, by household income, March 2006
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- Figure 53: Amount spent on meals in the last week, by marital status, March 2006
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- Figure 54: Amount spent on meals in the last week, by presence of children, March 2006
- Attitudes towards menu options
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- Figure 55: Attitudes towards menu options, by gender, November 2005
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- Figure 56: Attitudes towards menu options, by age, November 2005
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- Figure 57: Attitudes towards menu options, by marital status, November 2005
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- Figure 58: Attitudes towards menu options, by presence of children, November 2005
Future and Forecast
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- Future trends
- The outlook is rosy, but keep an eye on DPI
- Health trend will continue in limited service and takeout
- Age and race/ethnicity presents opportunities
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- Figure 59: U.S. population projections, by age, 2005-10
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- Figure 60: U.S. population, by race and Hispanic origin, 2000, 2005 & 2010
- Increased convenience via the Internet
- Meals by self-assembly
- Market forecast
- Commercial restaurant sales
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- Figure 61: Forecast of total U.S. sales of commercial restaurants, at current and constant prices, 2005-10
- Forecast factors
Appendix: Trade Associations
Appendix: Simmons cohorts
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- Figure 62: Married couples cohorts
- Figure 63: Single women cohorts
- Figure 64: Single men cohorts
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