Americans just love other people’s cooking. A recent survey by the foodies at Zagat’s revealed that diners eat out an average of 3.4 times a week, spending $25 each time…
According to U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics, the average household�spends about $2,000 dining out, and about $3,000 on home cooking each year. Retail sales at eating establishments account for around 10% of total retail trade in the U.S…
In 1970, Americans spent $6 billion on burgers and fries. By 2000, we were forking over $110 billion for fast food — fattening the fast-food industry’s bottom line, and our own. Today nearly two-thirds of the population is overweight and one in three of us is clinically obese…
There’s a reason that veggie-based appetizers�dominate the menu. Salads and side dishes are cash cows: Restaurant owners mark those up five to 10 times what they paid. Most meals are marked up 300%, or four times the cost of ingredients, meaning you’ll pay $20 for pasta con frou frou or quiche l’orange that cost the restaurant around $5 to make. A cut of meat, on the other hand, is not a huge profit maker — a $7 sirloin will go for just $10 or $15.
<a href="http://www.fool.com/About/staff/DayanaYochim/author.htm" title="Fool.com: Dayana Yochim's Archive">Yochim, Dayana</a>. “<a href="http://www.fool.com/news/commentary/2003/commentary031217dy.htm" title="Fool.com: Real Meal Steals [Commentary] December 17, 2003">Real Meal Steals</a>” <i><a href="http://www.fool.com/index.htm" title="Fool.com: To Educate, Amuse and Enrich -- Main Page">The Motley Fool</a></i>. 17 December 2003. <a href="http://www.fool.com/news/commentary/2003/commentary031217dy.htm" title="Fool.com: Real Meal Steals [Commentary] December 17, 2003"><http:// www.fool.com/ news/ commentary/ 2003/ commentary031217dy.htm></a> (18 December 2003).
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