Consumers Tell Technomic: Ruby Tuesday, Red Lobster, and Outback Rank Tops for Takeout Dining.CHICAGO Chicago, city, United States Chicago (shĭkä`gō, shĭkô`gō), city (1990 pop. 2,783,726), seat of Cook co., NE Ill., on Lake Michigan; inc. 1837. -- In new research on restaurant takeout Takeout A financing to refinance or take out another loan. and delivery options, consumers rated Ruby ruby, precious stone, the transparent red variety of corundum, found chiefly in Myanmar, Thailand, and Sri Lanka and classified among the most valuable of gems. The Myanmarese stones are blood red, the most valued tint being the "pigeon's blood. Tuesday the best casual dining chain for takeout dining, based on scores across 10 different takeout attributes. Red Lobster and Outback Steakhouse Outback Steakhouse is a casual dining American restaurant chain based in Tampa, Florida with over 900 locations in 23 countries throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. grabbed the second and third top spots, respectively. The recent study, Tapping the Market Potential for Casual Dining Takeout, shed new light on why takeout has taken off at full-service restaurants and how consumers plan to step up their usage in the coming year. While fast food outlets remain important sources for convenient takeout options and food-on-the-go, the most noticeable growth opportunity appears in full-service casual dining, where the meal is usually consumed con·sume v. con·sumed, con·sum·ing, con·sumes v.tr. 1. To take in as food; eat or drink up. See Synonyms at eat. 2. a. at home. Roughly 75 percent of all consumers currently make use of takeout or delivery from full-service restaurants at least once a month. As further evidence of its growing acceptance, nearly 30 percent of these regular users would rather order takeout than eat in at a restaurant, unless the meal was considered a special occasion. In another sign of growth, twice as many regular users expect to order takeout and delivery more often in the next year--19 percent expect more use, whereas just 10 percent say they'll order less often. Reacting to the study findings, Michael Allenson, Technomic Principal, commented that "we already knew that takeout represented one of the single best growth opportunities for casual dining chains. But now we're armed with actionable Giving sufficient legal grounds for a lawsuit; giving rise to a Cause of Action. An act, event, or occurrence is said to be actionable when there are legal grounds for basing a lawsuit on it. information that will help our clients fully leverage this opportunity." For more information on Technomic's study on takeout dining and related research, contact Jodie Drury, Business Development Manager, at 312-876-0004 extension 238, or at jdrury@technomic.com. About Technomic Inc. Technomic Inc. provides chain restaurants and other foodservice clients with the research, insights and strategic consulting support they need to enhance their business strategies, decisions and results. Technomic offers proprietary management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects solutions and shared-cost, common-interest research. Note: Additional information and interviews available. |
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