Ngokwabasebenzi bezindawo zokudlela, imboni yezokudlela isabhekene nokuncipha, kodwa ithemba labasebenzisi laba ngcono ekuqaleni kuka-2010, ngokusho kweNational Restaurant Association's (NRA) Restaurant Performance Index (RPI), inhlolovo yanyanga zonke elandelela impilo yale mboni.
Inkomba kaJanuwari ime ku-98.3, yehle isuka ezinyangeni ezingama-22 eziphakeme.
"Lokhu kulindelekile, njengoba inyanga edlule ibikhuphuke cishe eminyakeni emibili," kusho u-Hudson Riehle, iphini likamongameli omkhulu wophiko lwezinsizakalo zocwaningo nolwazi lweNational Restaurant Association.
UJanuwari umake inyanga engu-27 elandelanayo lapho inkomba imile ngaphansi kwe-100, okubonisa ukusikeka emakethe.
I-RPI isekelwe ezingxenyeni ezimbili, Inkomba Yesimo Samanje kanye Nenkomba Yezimo Ezilindelekile. Owokuqala uhlola opharetha bezindawo zokudlela mayelana nokuthengiswa kwenyanga yamanje kanye nethrafikhi yamakhasimende, bese eyakamuva ibika izinhlelo nemibono yabasebenzisi bezinyanga eziyisithupha ezizayo.
Ngaphezu kwengxenye yabasebenzi bezindawo zokudlela babike ukwehla kokuthengiswa kwesitolo esifanayo ngoJanuwari, kanti amaphesenti angama-54 abike ukwehla kwethrafikhi yezinyawo. Ngo-2009, imboni yezokudla yehla ngamaphesenti angu-3 ekuvakasheni kwezitolo, ngokombiko we-NPD Group's Consumer Reports on Eating Share Trends (CREST) okhishwe ngoMashi. Ukuncipha kwethrafikhi yezinyawo, okuhambisana nokwenyuka okuncane kosayizi wesheke, kubangele ukwehla okuphelele ekuthengisweni kwabathengi endaweni yesevisi ngo-2009, okungokokuqala ngqa ukubonakala kusukela i-NPD Group yaqala ukulandelela imboni yezinsizakalo zokudla eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-30 edlule.
Yonke imikhakha yesevisi yokudla ibhekane nokwehla kwethrafikhi yezinyawo, ngokusho kwe-NPD Group. Izindawo zokudlela ezisebenza ngokushesha zazinamaphesenti angu-3 abantu abambalwa abangena ngeminyango, izindawo zokudlela ezimaphakathi zaziphansi ngamaphesenti angu-5 kanti ukudla okuvamile kwakuphansi ngamaphesenti angu-4. Ukudla okuhle kwaba nethonya elibi kakhulu, ngokwehla ngamaphesenti angu-13 kwezimoto ezihamba ngezinyawo kusukela ngo-2008. Izinsiza zokudla ezingezona ezohwebo - amabhizinisi, izikole, amakolishi, amanyuvesi, izibhedlela, izindawo zokulala, ukunakekelwa kwabadala kanye nokudayisa - kwehle ngamaphesenti ayi-9, ngenxa umnotho ompofu. Ibhizinisi, ukuthengisa kanye nezindawo zokuhlala zibone ukwehla okukhulu kulo mkhakha, ngokusho kocwaningo.
“Ngo-2008, abathengi babonakala behweba ngokuvakashela izinsiza ezigcwele ukuze bavakashelwe ukudla okusheshayo. Ngo-2009 bavakashela izindawo zokudlela ezimbalwa,” kusho u-Bonnie Riggs, umhlaziyi wemboni yezokudlela ye-NPD. "Ngesikhathi abathengi bevakashela izindawo zokudlela, bathanda izinketho ezinamanani aphansi."
Umnotho yiwona odale ukwehla kwezinga lokuhamba kwabantu abahamba ngezinyawo, njengoba ithemba labathengi liphansi kanye nokuntuleka kwemisebenzi kuphezulu. Ingxenye yokwehla kwezimoto ezihamba ngezinyawo ingalandelelwa emuva kokuthi abantu abangakuthathi ukudla okuzokudla ehhovisi. Imindeni enezingane kanye nabantu abadala abasebasha nayo inciphise inani lokudla ekudla ngaphandle, okuphinde kwengezelele ekwehleni kwezimoto ezihamba ngezinyawo.
Ukukhathazeka ngemali kwenze abantu abaningi badla emakhaya, ngokusho kwe-NPD Group, okubhebhezelwe ukwehla kwentengo yokudla ezitolo ezinkulu. Ukwehla kwentengo yezimpahla kusize abaqhubi bezindawo zokudlela ukuthi bahlale benenzuzo ezimweni eziningi, kodwa futhi kwenze abathengi babheke ukudla kwasekhaya njengokungabizi kakhulu, ucwaningo lwathola.
Cishe ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yabasebenzi abahlolwa yi-RPI ye-NRA benze izindleko ezinkulu zemishini, ukunwetshwa noma ukulungisa kabusha ezinyangeni ezintathu ezedlule. Leyo nombolo ibilokhu izinzile kulezi zinyanga ezimbalwa ezedlule.
Naphezu kokunyakaza okungalungile ngoJanuwari, okulindelwe opharetha kuthuthukisiwe ngenyanga yesine eqondile ngoJanuwari, ngokusho kwe-RPI. I-Expectations Index ikhuphuke yafinyelela ku-100.2 ngoJanuwari, okokuqala inkomba ibe ngaphezu kwe-100 ezinyangeni eziyisishiyagalolunye. Inombolo engaphezu kuka-100 ikhombisa ukuthi opharetha balindele ukwanda emakethe.
"Eqinisweni, okubonisa lokhu kukhishwa kwenkomba entsha ukuthi abaqhubi bezindawo zokudlela bathola ukuzethemba," kusho uRiehle.
Ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yabanikazi bezindawo zokudlela kulindeleke ukuthi babe nokuthengiswa okuphezulu ezinyangeni eziyisithupha ezizayo, ngokocwaningo. Labo abahlolwa nabo bebenethemba ngomnotho wonkana ngamaphesenti angama-29 ekhombisa ukuthi bacabanga ukuthi umnotho uzothuthuka ezinyangeni eziyisithupha ezizayo. Leso sibalo sehle kancane ukusuka kuZibandlela, kodwa sisathathwa njengombono onethemba we-NRA.
Ngokusekelwe kulelo themba, abanikazi bezindawo zokudlela bathi bazimisele kakhulu ukwenza izindleko ezinkulu. Bangaphezu kwamaphesenti angama-40 bathi bazosebenzisa imali ukuthenga imishini, ukunwetshwa noma ukulungisa kabusha ezinyangeni eziyisithupha ezizayo, nokube yintuthuko ngoZibandlela.
Ngenkathi abaqhubi bezindawo zokudlela bengase balungiselele izikhathi ezingcono, i-NPD Group iphrojekthi enzima okungenani izinyanga ezimbalwa ezengeziwe. Ifemu yocwaningo lwemakethe ilindele ukuthi kube no-2010 onzima wokunikeza ukudla kuze kube yilapho amazinga okuntuleka kwemisebenzi ehla. Inkampani ilindele ukuthi isidingo sihambe kancane ezingxenyeni ezintathu zokuqala zonyaka, okulandelwa ukukhula okunesizotha kwikota yesine.