United States grew by nearly 20 percent—from roughly 285,000 esablishments in 2000 to
over 340,000 in 2015. A recent ERS examination of changes in the US food service indusry
found quick-service resaurants—eating places where food is ordered and paid for at a
counter—even grew in number during the Great Recession, which lased from December
2007 to June 2009. In comparison, the number of full-service resaurants—where wait saf …