Editing Restaurant (section)

== Economics ==
[[File:Restaurant Näsinneula.jpg|thumb|Restaurant [[Näsinneula]] in [[Tampere]], Finland]]
[[File:Tartu Püssirohukelder 01.jpg|thumb|[[Gunpowder Cellar of Tartu]], a former 18th-century [[gunpowder]] cellar and current beer restaurant in [[Tartu]], Estonia]]

=== Canada ===
There are 86,915 commercial [[foodservice|food service]] units in Canada, or 26.4 units per 10,000 Canadians. By segment, there are:<ref>CRFA's Provincial InfoStats and Statistics Canada</ref>
* 38,797 full-service restaurants
* 34,629 limited-service restaurants
* 741 contract and social caterers
* 6,749 drinking places

Fully 63% of restaurants in Canada are independent brands. Chain restaurants account for the remaining 37%, and many of these are locally owned and operated franchises.<ref>ReCount/NPD Group and CRFA's Foodservice Facts</ref>

=== European Union ===
The EU-27 has an estimated 1.6m businesses involved in 'accommodation & food services', more than 75% of which are [[small and medium enterprises]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Business_economy_-_size_class_analysis |title=Business economy – size class analysis – Statistics Explained |website=Epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu |access-date=May 2, 2013}}</ref>

=== India ===
The Indian restaurant industry is highly fragmented with more than 1.5 million outlets of which only around 3000 of them are from the organised segment.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.smergers.com/industry-watch/indian-restaurant-industry |title=Restaurant Industry |website=SMERGERS Industry Watch |language=en |access-date=August 27, 2019}}</ref> The organised segment includes quick service restaurants; casual dining; cafes; fine dining; and pubs, bars, clubs, and lounges.

=== Vietnam ===
The restaurant industry in [[Vietnam]] is one of the important economic sectors, making a significant contribution to the national economy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Doanh nghiệp F&B cần nắm bắt cơ hội, tận dụng công nghệ trong mùa kinh doanh cuối năm |url=https://baodautu.vn/doanh-nghiep-fb-can-nam-bat-co-hoi-tan-dung-cong-nghe-trong-mua-kinh-doanh-cuoi-nam-d204568.html |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=baodautu |language=vi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ẩm thực Việt bản sắc và hội nhập |url=https://www.qdnd.vn/van-hoa/doi-song/am-thuc-viet-ban-sac-va-hoi-nhap-753459 |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=www.qdnd.vn |language=en-US}}</ref> According to the [[General Statistics Office of Vietnam]], the number of restaurants in [[Vietnam]] has increased rapidly from 2000 to 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=VCCorp.vn |title=Với 338.000 nhà hàng/café đã mở tại Việt Nam, giá trị thị trường F&B dự kiến cán mốc 720.000 tỷ đồng khi các chuỗi lớn chạy đua mở rộng thị phần quyết liệt |url=https://cafef.vn/voi-338000-nha-hang-cafe-da-mo-tai-viet-nam-gia-tri-thi-truong-fb-du-kien-can-moc-720000-ty-dong-khi-cac-chuoi-lon-chay-dua-mo-rong-thi-phan-quyet-liet-20230118101445055.chn |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=cafef |date=January 18, 2023 |language=vi}}</ref> In 2000, there were about 20,000 restaurants nationwide, but by 2022, this number had increased to over 400,000 restaurants.<ref>{{Cite web |last=TheLEADER.VN |title=Việt Nam có hơn 300.000 nhà hàng và quán cà phê {{!}} TheLEADER |url=https://theleader.vn/viet-nam-co-hon-300000-nha-hang-va-quan-ca-phe-1673940822120.htm |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=theleader.vn |language=vi}}</ref> The average annual growth rate is about 10%.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ánh |first=Tuyết |date=2023-01-18 |title=Doanh thu ngành F&B giữ đà tăng, dự báo vượt mốc 700.000 tỷ năm 2023 nhưng đối mặt nhiều trở ngại |url=https://vneconomy.vn/doanh-thu-nganh-fb-giu-da-tang-du-bao-vuot-moc-700-000-ty-nam-2023-nhung-doi-mat-nhieu-tro-ngai.htm |access-date=2023-12-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=VCCorp.vn |title=Báo cáo F&B 2022: Việt Nam đang có bao nhiêu nhà hàng/quán cafe? Người Việt chịu chi ra sao cho việc ăn hàng? |url=https://cafef.vn/bao-cao-fb-2022-viet-nam-dang-co-bao-nhieu-nha-hang-quan-cafe-nguoi-viet-chiu-chi-ra-sao-cho-viec-an-hang-20230117101210557.chn |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=cafef |date=January 17, 2023 |language=vi}}</ref> The restaurant industry in [[Vietnam]] has also seen strong growth in recent years. According to a report by SSI Securities Corporation, the revenue of the restaurant industry in Vietnam reached VND610 trillion in 2022, up 16% from 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-30 |title=Bất chấp Covid-19, doanh thu ngành F&B năm 2022 vẫn tăng 39%, đạt 610 nghìn |url=https://mekongasean.vn/post-17022.html |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=mekongasean.vn |language=vi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=An |first=Hoàng |date=2023-11-24 |title=Thị trường F&B vào kỳ thanh lọc, doanh nghiệp nhỏ tìm cửa ngách để tồn tại |url=https://thesaigontimes.vn/thi-truong-fb-vao-ky-thanh-loc-doanh-nghiep-nho-tim-cua-ngach-de-ton-tai/ |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=Tạp chí Kinh tế Sài Gòn |language=vi}}</ref> Of that, the out-of-home market accounted for VND333.69 trillion, up 19% from 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thị trường F&B năm 2022 có nhiều điểm sáng |url=https://baodautu.vn/thi-truong-fb-nam-2022-co-nhieu-diem-sang-d182525.html |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=baodautu |language=vi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=VTV |first=BAO DIEN TU |date=2023-02-22 |title=Thị trường F&B tăng tốc mạnh sau dịch |url=https://vtv.vn/news-20230222111804443.htm |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=BAO DIEN TU VTV |language=vi}}</ref>
=== United States ===
[[File:The Kitchen at Delmonico's, 1902.JPG|thumb|The kitchen at [[Delmonico's Restaurant]], New York City, 1902]]

As of 2006, there are approximately 215,000 full-service restaurants in the United States, accounting for $298 billion in sales, and approximately 250,000 limited-service (fast food) restaurants, accounting for $260 billion.<ref>''2006 U.S. Industry & Market Outlook'' by Barnes Reports.</ref> Starting in 2016, Americans spent more on restaurants than groceries.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Phillips |first1=Matt |title=No one cooks anymore |url=https://qz.com/706550/no-one-cooks-anymore/ |work=[[Quartz (publication)]] |date=June 16, 2016 |access-date=April 5, 2017}}</ref>
In October 2017, ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported there are 620,000 eating and drinking places in the United States, according to the [[Bureau of Labor Statistics|Bureau of Labour Statistics]]. They also reported that the number of restaurants are growing almost twice as fast as the population.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Abrams |first1=Rachel |last2=Gebeloff |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/31/business/too-many-restaurants-wall-street.html |title=Thanks to Wall St., There May Be Too Many Restaurants |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 31, 2017 |access-date=November 1, 2017}}</ref>

One study of new restaurants in Cleveland, Ohio found that 1 in 4 changed ownership or went out of business after one year, and 6 out of 10 did so after three years. (Not all changes in ownership are indicative of financial failure.)<ref>Kerry Miller, [https://web.archive.org/web/20070422173410/http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/apr2007/sb20070416_296932.htm "The Restaurant Failure Myth"], ''Business Week'', April 16, 2007. Cites an article by H.G. Parsa in ''Cornell Hotel & Restaurant Administration Quarterly'', published August 2005.</ref> The three-year failure rate for franchises was nearly the same.<ref>Miller, "Failure Myth", [https://web.archive.org/web/20070418152820/http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/apr2007/sb20070416_296932_page_2.htm page 2]</ref>

Restaurants employed 912,100 cooks in 2013, earning an average $9.83 per hour.<ref>Bureau of Labor Statistics, "Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2013 35-2014 Cooks, Restaurant" [http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes352014.htm online]</ref> The waiting staff numbered 4,438,100 in 2012, earning an average $8.84 per hour.<ref>BLS, "Occupational Outlook Handbook: Food and Beverage Serving and Related Workers" (January 8, 2014) [http://www.bls.gov/ooh/food-preparation-and-serving/food-and-beverage-serving-and-related-workers.htm online]</ref>

Jiaxi Lu of the ''Washington Post'' reports in 2014 that, "Americans are spending $683.4 billion a year dining out, and they are also demanding better food quality and greater variety from restaurants to make sure their money is well spent."<ref>Jiaxi Lu, "Consumer Reports: McDonald's burger ranked worst in the U.S.," [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2014/07/02/consumer-reports-mcdonalds-burger-ranked-worst-in-the-u-s/?hpid=z5]</ref>

Dining in restaurants has become increasingly popular, with the proportion of meals consumed outside the home in restaurants or institutions rising from 25% in 1950 to 46% in 1990. This is caused by factors such as the growing numbers of older people, who are often unable or unwilling to cook their meals at home and the growing number of single-parent households. It is also caused by the convenience that restaurants can afford people; the growth of restaurant popularity is also correlated with the growing length of the work day in the US, as well as the growing number of single parent households.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Nestle |first1=Marion |year=1994 |title=Traditional Models of Healthy Eating: Alternatives to 'techno-food' |journal=Journal of Nutrition Education |volume=26 |issue=5 |pages=241–45 |doi=10.1016/s0022-3182(12)80898-3|doi-access=free }}</ref> Eating in restaurants has also become more popular with the growth of higher income households. At the same time, less expensive establishments such as fast food establishments can be quite inexpensive, making restaurant eating accessible to many.

==== Employment ====
The restaurant industry in the United States is large and quickly growing, with 10 million workers. 1 in every 12 U.S. residents work in the business, and during the 2008 recession, the industry was an anomaly in that it continued to grow. Restaurants are known for having low wages, which they claim are due to thin profit margins of 4-5%. For comparison, however, Walmart has a 1% profit margin.<ref name="Jayaraman 2020">{{Cite journal |last=Jayaraman |first=Saru |date=Summer 2014 |title=Feeding America: Immigrants in the Restaurant Industry and Throughout the Food System Take Action for Change |journal=Social Research |volume=81 |issue=2 |pages=347–358 |doi=10.1353/sor.2014.0019 }}</ref>
As a result of these low wages, restaurant employees suffer from three times the poverty rate as other U.S. workers, and use food stamps twice as much.<ref name="Jayaraman 2020" />
Restaurants are the largest employer of people of color, and rank as the second largest employer of immigrants. These workers statistically are concentrated in the lowest paying positions in the restaurant industry. In the restaurant industry, 39% of workers earn minimum wage or lower.<ref name="Jayaraman 2020" />