According to a Recent Study/Survey … Mid-May 2017 Edition

Interesting restaurant- and hospitality-related research never stops coming our way. For MRM's mid-May edition, we have research on dining habits, food traceability expectations and Q2 cautious optimism.

Dining Out Goes Digital 

RetailMeNot, Inc. released the results of a survey titled “Dining Out Goes Digital” to showcase updated consumer habits as it relates to eating outside the home in 2017. In 2016, sales at restaurants and bars outpaced sales at grocery stores for the first time ever, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Additionally, a survey from RetailMeNot released last year showed consumers are turning to their mobile devices to decide where to eat and how much to spend.

Today, consumers are looking to save money on food. In fact, RetailMeNot’s latest food and dining survey data shows more than one in three restaurant goers have searched, or plan to search, for deals ahead of dining out. Further, more than half (53 percent) of consumers surveyed have at…