Restaurants brace for dreary season as consumers lose appetite for dining out
Restaurants brace for dreary season as consumers lose appetite for dining out The number of people visiting restaurants has plunged for four quarters in a row, according to NPD Group. Some higher-end establishments are offering discounts for holiday parties. By Jerry Hirsch November 24, 2009 Adele Cabot and her husband used to dine out three to four times a week, regularly spending $75 to $100 at a sushi bar sampling rainbow rolls and yellowtail nigiri sushi. But that changed after Cabot, an adjunct professor of theater at UCLA, had to take a 6% salary cut. The couple now eat out...
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