{"id":601,"date":"2014-12-04T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2014-12-04T09:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/premierfoodsafety_OLD\/?p=601"},"modified":"2014-12-04T09:00:06","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T09:00:06","slug":"restaurant-costs-consumer-confidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/restaurant-costs-consumer-confidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Restaurant costs are up, but so is consumer confidence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recent study by AlixPartners revealed that more people are dining out, but increasing costs are a concern.<\/p>\n<p>Restaurants are spending more money on new technologies and replacing outdated equipment. Increased labor costs driven by the minimum wage increase are also a potential problem. While some food expenses are down, other staples have increased dramatically (the cost of beef has risen 39%).<\/p>\n<p>The consumer survey showed customers are seeking fast service and ready-to-eat meals. Fewer customers are using coupons, and most consider healthy options when choosing a restaurant, with concerns over menu variety and the display of nutritional info.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article here: <a title=\"Consumer confidence grows, but costs pressure profits\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcasual.com\/news\/consumer-confidence-grows-but-costs-pressure-profits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Consumer confidence grows, but costs pressure profits<\/a><br \/>\n[sc:mbta]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent study by AlixPartners revealed that more people are dining out, but increasing costs are a concern. Restaurants are spending more money on new technologies and replacing outdated equipment. Increased labor costs driven by the minimum wage increase are also a potential problem. While some food expenses are down, other staples have increased dramatically [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}