News tagged with restaurant menu

Do menu 'sweet spots' really exist? Study says 'no', but finds 'sour spots'

When you sit down to read a restaurant menu, do you read it like a book? Or do your eyes flit from place to place to find the most enticing dish?

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Are you promotion- or prevention-focused and what does this mean when considering choices?

When consumers make choices, their style of pursuing their goals changes the way they search and decide what to purchase, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 21, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study: How restaurants reap higher wine sales

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Cornell study has identified four strategies that restaurants use to reap higher wine sales: including the wine list on the food menu and listing prices without a dollar sign.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Restaurant and packaged foods can have more calories than nutrition labeling indicates

With obesity rising markedly, reliance on the accuracy of food labeling is an important weight management strategy. Since people who are trying to reduce their weight are encouraged to choose meals labeled as "lower in calories" ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 05, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast