On May 10, 11:25 am, lc <lol7...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Eateries shrink dishes and prices, but checks stay the same
> 5/10/08
>
> Restaurants are offering smaller, cheaper ****tions, but that doesn't
> mean dainty dining. Instead, people are using smaller dishes as an
> excuse to add to their orders, spending =97 and probably eating =97 just
> as much as before.
>
> T.G.I. Friday's, Quiznos and Au Bon Pain and other "fast-casual"
> restaurants have introduced smaller, cheaper alternatives to supersize
> ****tions. The twist: Diners who order the petite ****tions are also
> likely to indulge in an appetizer or dessert.
>
> An October article in The Journal of Consumer Research summarized
> three studies showing that low-calorie counts and health claims at
> fast-food restaurants have "a halo effect" that causes diners to
> underestimate the calories in main dishes and choose higher-calorie
> side dishes, drinks or desserts.
>
> "These studies help explain why the success of fast-food restaurants
> serving lower-calorie foods has not led to the expected reduction in
> total calorie intake and obesity rates," wrote the authors, Pierre
> Chandon of France's INSEAD Business School and Brian Wansink at
> Cornell University.
>
> Call it the room-for-dessert
factor.http://www.usatoday.com/money/industri=
es/food/2008-05-10-shrinking-po...
It's called None of us being able to pay the prices for produce and
groceries...all foods. Many restaurants will be closing up like the
retail stores are...close to 6,000 retail stores have closed. But hey
there is no recession....that dirty dirty word.
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