Restaurants Market Research Reports & Industry Analysis

Restaurants are an essential part of any culture. Wherever you go, all across the globe, you can find places of business selling food, drinks and desserts. There are many types of restaurants, spanning from casual pizza parlors and food trucks, to hotel restaurants and formal establishments. Restaurants usually base their menu around a theme, which can include range of cuisines or focus on food from a single culture. Themes can include seafood, vegetarian food, or that of a culture like Greek, Italian, Indian, American, Mexican or French. Restaurants that base their theme on a culture usually carry it over into the décor, music, and general atmosphere of the establishment.

The atmosphere of a restaurant is a vital part of the perception by the public, and is created by a variety of factors. Included in these factors is the process of being served. At fast food restaurants you may receive food through the drive-through window, or by ordering at the counter. Many casual restaurants seat you at a table, after which a member of their wait staff takes your order, and ensures that you have full drinks and condiments. In a fine dining establishment, patrons must often make reservations to ensure that the restaurant will be able to accommodate them.

Restaurants not only serve food, they often serve alcohol and specialty drinks as well. Restaurants must be fully licensed in order to sell alcohol, and these licenses vary in what they cover depending on the local laws pertaining to the restaurant. Some receive a license to only serve certain alcohols like beer and wine, while other can serve liquor and spirits as well. Some restaurants even allow patrons to bring their own drinks.

There are millions of restaurants all across the globe, each with its own unique food and atmosphere. Restaurant guides, food critics, and bloggers write every day about the food they have experienced, and whether or not the recommend a certain restaurant. These people can help you decide which of the millions of restaurants to choose from, so you can experience the best there is.

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Restaurants Industry Research & Market Reports

  • Limited-Service Restaurants in Austria

    ... this meant less disposable income and a concomitant reluctance to spend on non-essential purchases. For consumer foodservice operators, this meant increased costs in energy, materials and labour, which were partially passed on to consumers. However, ... Read More

  • Consumer Foodservice By Location in Austria

    ... materials and labour, which were partially passed on to the consumer. However, post-COVID-19, Austrians were keen to enjoy the benefits of a full lifting of pandemic restrictions. In addition, consumer sentiment generally improved towards the ... Read More

  • Consumer Foodservice in Romania

    ... with rising consumption of heat, gas and electricity due to the cold weather. This led to a noticeable reduction in growth for foodservice. Moving into 2023, a return to eating out was registered, as utility ... Read More

  • Consumer Foodservice in Colombia

    ... strain, as costs also continued to rise and several operators were forced to undergo financial restructuring. Consumers also felt the financial pinch, and while they continued to dine out, they looked to economise by selecting ... Read More

  • Limited-Service Restaurants in Egypt

    ... in spite of difficult economic fundamentals. High inflation caused by increased energy prices due to the war in Ukraine in particular, as well as currency devaluation of the Egyptian pound, led to steep price rises. ... Read More

  • Limited-Service Restaurants in Colombia

    ... under strain, as costs also continued to rise. These rising costs, after having just coped with the difficulties imposed by the pandemic, led to casualties. Several chains, including Sierra Nevada, Presto and Buffalo Wings, have ... Read More

  • Full-Service Restaurants in Norway

    ... are up to three times that seen in other developed countries. Locals are generally accustomed to paying these high prices, although inflation has put further upward pressure on price in 2023. The strong rebound in ... Read More

  • Consumer Foodservice in Greece

    ... declines in disposable incomes amid steep price hikes in energy prices and food. Greek consumers were much more conservative with spending in 2023 than they have been in previous years, dining out less frequently and ... Read More

  • Consumer Foodservice By Location in Finland

    ... the review period. At the same time, standalone locations are anything but uniform. These include outlets on or off the main streets in big city centres, in the suburbs of bigger cities and in smaller ... Read More

  • Consumer Foodservice By Location in Greece

    ... inbound tourism, thanks partly to cost hikes in flights and accommodation which led to Greece losing some of its attraction as a destination for Europeans hit by the cost-of-living crisis. On top of this, fires ... Read More

  • Consumer Foodservice in Slovakia

    ... during the pandemic, was made permanent. As such, consumer foodservice registered healthy double-digit constant value growth. However, growth was more muted in terms of outlet openings. Euromonitor International's Consumer Foodservice in Slovakia report offers a ... Read More

  • Consumer Foodservice in Bulgaria

    ... develop uninterrupted in the year. The number of outlets recorded further marginal growth; however, there is still a way to go before this metric returns to pre-pandemic levels. The number of transactions, meanwhile, also remained ... Read More

  • Self-Service Cafeterias in Indonesia

    ... heavily dependent on this retail channel. As hypermarkets became increasingly unpopular, this had a negative impact on self-service cafeterias, which saw a decline in the number of transactions, compared to 2022. Overall, independent self-service cafeterias ... Read More

  • Limited-Service Restaurants in Indonesia

    ... their physical offices, as well as the recovery of inbound tourism, as the country emerged from the shadows of COVID-19. While consumers remained cautious about their spending, thanks to sustained inflationary pressures, such outlets are ... Read More

  • Consumer Foodservice By Location in Italy

    ... rise in the cost of living had been expected to limit demand, but the strong desire of Italians to socialise with friends and family over a meal or a drink ensured sales continued to growth ... Read More

  • Limited-Service Restaurants in the Czech Republic

    ... stabilisation of consumption patterns following a post-pandemic boom, but also attributable to persistently high inflation, which continued to erode purchasing power among the population and drive up menu prices. Leading player McDonald's increased its prices ... Read More

  • Self-Service Cafeterias in Romania

    ... of self-service cafeterias, which offer cooked food as main meals. Cooked food is increasingly in demand after two years of working and learning from home, when home cooking prevailed. This has created a consumption habit ... Read More

  • Self-Service Cafeterias in Denmark

    ... surge in demand for consumer foodservice, driven by the accumulated desire for such experiences after two years of avoiding regular outings due to restrictions or a reluctance to be in crowded spaces. This resurgence significantly ... Read More

  • Full-Service Restaurants in Austria

    ... which were partially passed on to the consumer. However, post-COVID-19, Austrians were keen to enjoy the benefits of the full lifting of pandemic restrictions. In addition, consumer sentiment generally improved towards the end of the ... Read More

  • Consumer Foodservice By Location in Belgium

    ... have proved to be more vulnerable than chained players to inflationary pressures, less able to mitigate the higher fixed costs and with serious ramifications to profit margins by making price increases. As a result, stand-alone ... Read More

  • Self-Service Cafeterias in Argentina

    ... working from home, many of these stores had to shutter because their target was people who worked in offices, especially in downtown areas. Although new stores of this type have opened with the return of ... Read More

  • Limited-Service Restaurants in Finland

    ... bigger volume sales. Current value sales grew at a similar pace to consumer foodservice overall, while the number of outlets fell at a similarly marginal rate. However, limited-service restaurants saw slower transaction growth than the ... Read More

  • Self-Service Cafeterias in France

    ... recovery of self-service cafeterias as the wide majority of the chains in this category are based in and around these retail locations. French consumers showed a renewed interest in commercial centres and hypermarkets with consumers ... Read More

  • Limited-Service Restaurants in Italy

    ... terms. This positive trend was seen both in independent as well as chained outlets. The category has benefited from investment in innovation, quality, and delivering a varied offer, together with maintaining reasonable price points. The ... Read More

  • Limited-Service Restaurants in Argentina

    ... approach of major global chains to push its growth, while nearly all named players saw substantial growth in outlet numbers. Within this context, the year saw new local brands emerging with the offer of broader ... Read More

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