date:Dec 27, 2012
down across Europe. The ongoing sovereign debt crisis and austerity-depressed consumer confidence has caused patrons to scale back on eating out in France, Germany, Italy and Spain, according to NPD.
Spending is down 4.3% in Spain and down 2.2% in Italy.
The dining industry is flat in Japan. After the earthquake and tsunami in 2011, Japanese consumers swarmed into restaurants in an effort to support the local economy. Since then, according to NPD, theyve backed off.
Still, the average check