date:Jan 28, 2013
gressed, steadily slimming from a 2.7% growth in the first quarter to a 0.5% drop by the fourth.
The money-saving trend is also evident in beverages. Instead of ordering wine bottles an activity that shrank 13% last year restaurant and bar patrons ordered 4% more glasses.
A single goblet cost $9.60 on average in 2012, up 3% from the year before. But the cost of a full bottle soared 9% to $43. Nearly nine in ten wine orders were for a glass of wine over a bottle.
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