Fifty-seven percent of adults in 2011 said they would likely use delivery service from full-service restaurants, according to NRA forecast; 53% said they would use curbside takeout

Nevin Barich

LOS ANGELES , February 9, 2012 (Industry Intelligence) – According to a forecast by the National Restaurant Association, 57% of adults last year said they would be likely to use delivery from full-service restaurants, while 53% said they would use curbside takeout, Nation’s Restaurant News reported Feb. 3.

As a result, according to the forecast, 33% of full-service operators said they upgraded their takeout packaging last year, with another 30% planning to do so in 2012, according to the forecast.

Also, the forecast said that nearly 40% of consumers said they would likely use an electronic ordering system and menus on tableside tablet computers.

The primary source of this article is Nation’s Restaurant News, New York, New York, on Feb. 3, 2012.

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