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mer," he says.
There is also the increase in “disposable income," especially with both parents working and the tendency for families to eat out for a little more cost.
The improvements are most evident with restaurants in the lower range of prices, he says, but even the higher priced restaurants are benefitting. Major corporations, such as General Mills and Pillsbury, are buying into restaurant chains on the higher end of the dinner price scale.
The economic problems of the past also have left an imprint on people's demands, Plamondon adds, causing “a focus on quality" and a benefit to those restaurants which have the quality service and product.
That is also the case with Hardee's, Wright says, noting that the chain in the last three years has had the largest average volume increase per unit of any restaurant chain in the country.
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