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[1] [2] An estimated 99% of companies in the industry are family-owned small businesses with fewer than 50 employees. [3] The industry as a whole as of February 2020 employed more than 15 million people, representing 10% of the workforce directly. [1] It is the nation's second largest private employer and the third largest employer overall.
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%.
Associate, bachelor, and graduate degree programs are offered in restaurant management by community colleges, junior colleges, and some universities in the United States. [ 1 ] One hierarchical system for organizing a restaurant's kitchen staff is the brigade de cuisine system developed by Auguste Escoffier (1846–1935).
Toast, Inc. is an American cloud-based restaurant management software company based in Boston, Massachusetts. The company provides an all-in-one point of sale (POS) system built on the Android operating system .
This is a list of restaurateurs.A restaurateur is a person who opens and runs restaurants professionally. Although over time the term has come to describe any person who owns a restaurant, traditionally it refers to a highly skilled professional who is proficient in all aspects of the restaurant business.
Suri was a graduate student at MIT when he created the first E la Carte product, a tablet that allows restaurant customers to order and pay through a tablet. [3] He left his graduate program to become a waiter in order to learn more about the restaurant industry. Previously, Suri was a cofounder of Zimride, now known as Lyft. [4]
Restaurant Insider is a monthly culinary magazine [1] that conducts in-depth profiles on the restaurant industry's best known chefs and restaurateurs. The magazine began publishing in April 2005 as a trade-only magazine and has expanded to include newsstand availability, presence at food festivals, trade shows, and through online marketing.
According to the National Restaurant Association a growing trend among US consumers for the foodservice industry is global cuisine with 66% of US consumers eating more widely in 2015 than in 2010, 80% of consumers eating 'ethnic' cuisines at least once a month, and 29% trying a new 'ethnic' cuisine within the last year. [3] [4]