By Dane Carlson on April 4, 2005 in Ideas
Entrepreneur on starting a restaurant: “The numbers add up to a tremendous opportunity: Every week, Americans consume an average of 4.2 meals that are prepared away from home–that’s 218 meals per year and increasing. By 2010, the restaurant industry will operate more than 1 million units, with sales of $577 billion capturing 53 percent of the consumer food dollar. Will one or more of those units be yours? It can happen–if you have the right recipe for restaurant success.”