文档介绍：午餐太贵
A salad and drink from Sweetgreen can set you back about $13. Sweetgreen的一份沙拉和饮料就能让你破费13美元。
What’s for lunch? If it’s a homemade sandwich or last night’s leftovers, you may be in pany.
午餐吃什么?如果吃自制的三明治或者昨晚的剩饭,你或许会犹豫不决。
An increasing number of Americans are ditching $10 sandwiches and $12 salads in favor of food from home, according to new data from the research firm NPD Group. Lunch traffic is slowing at restaurants around the country, with weekday lunch visits down 7 pared to a year ago, the steepest decline since the beginning of the recession, data show.
NPD集团的一项最新数据显示,越来越多的美国人不再吃10美元的三明治和12美元的沙拉,而是更喜欢在家里做的食物。数据显示,在美国,工作日的时候去饭店吃午餐的人与去年相比,下降了7个百分点,这是自从经济萧条开始之后最大的一次降幅。
The reason? Nearly 40 percent of Americans now work from home (at least on some days), according to Gallup, and lunch out is ing too expensive for many to justify.
原因是什么呢?现在将近40%的美国人在家工作(至少会在家里工作几天),盖勒普数据显示,许多人都认为在外面吃午餐的消费变得太贵了。
“The price-value relationship at lunch has gotten out of whack,” said Bonnie Riggs, a restaurant industry analyst for NPD Group. “Part of it has to do with sticker shock. When you’re paying $12 for a sandwich and drink every day, well, who can afford that?”
NPD集团的一位一位餐饮行业分析师邦尼·里格斯说“午餐的性价关系出现了紊乱,一部分原因是标价过高带来的冲击。当你每天需要花12美元去买一个三明治和一份饮料的时候,额,谁买的起呢?”
Fast-casual eateries, which have had explosive growth for 15 years,
experienced a 9 percent drop in traffic between A