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This is a list of restaurant terminology.A restaurant is a business that prepares and serves food and drink to customers in return for money, either paid before the meal, after the meal, or with a running tab. Meals are generally served and eaten on premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services.
Fast food was created as a commercial strategy to accommodate large numbers of busy commuters, travelers and wage workers. In 2018, the fast-food industry was worth an estimated $570 billion globally. [1] The fastest form of "fast food" consists of pre-cooked meals which reduce waiting periods to mere seconds.
The fast-food industry is popular in the United States, the source of most of its innovation, and many major international chains are based there. Seen as symbols of US dominance and perceived cultural imperialism, American fast-food franchises have often been the target of Anti-globalization protests and demonstrations against the US government.
The RealReal analyzed archived news reports and industry survey data to trace the history of kiosk and self-service technology from the 1800s to modern-day fast-food restaurants, ...
While many fast-food joints claim they serve “real” chicken, some still rely on antibiotic-laden, factory-farmed mystery meat. Here are 7 chains that actually use high-quality, real chicken.
Here are all the food-related words that Merriam-Webster added to its dictionary in 2023, including chef's kiss, smashburger, cheffy, stage, zhuzh and bussin'.
This is the list of the largest fast-food restaurant chains by their number of locations in the world. Country of origin Name Number of locations Revenue 1
Following the rise of fast food and take-out restaurants, a retronym for the older "standard" restaurant was created, sit-down restaurant. Most commonly, "sit-down restaurant" refers to a casual-dining restaurant with table service, rather than a fast food restaurant or a diner, where one orders food at a counter.