Three key factors that will inspire 2022 restaurant dining
Today’s restaurant patrons have high expectations for their restaurant dining experiences, according to a new Culinary Visions consumer research study. More than 2,000 U.S. consumers weighed in on factors that are important to them when dining out. With the challenges posed by a pandemic-centric culture, dining out is returning to more of a special occasion than the everyday fast fuel stop it was pre-pandemic.
“Studies we did during the early days of the pandemic found consumers exhausted but resigned to the many limitations imposed on their regular dining habits. Yet today, they are looking for many of the same characteristics that drove their dining out choices pre-pandemic,” said Sharon Olson, executive director of Culinary Visions. “In fact, the emerging new normal looks a lot more like the old normal with more empathy and appreciation for those involved in bringing food to the table.”