Table 6.
Characteristics of four restaurant types
| |
Restaurant type |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sit-down | Take-out | Western fast food | Chinese fast food | |
| Number of establishments |
100 |
54 |
16 |
34 |
| Seating capacity, mean (SD) persons |
81.6 (92.6) |
57.0 (77.6) |
96.4 (95.8) |
103 (128) |
| Type of food served |
|
|
|
|
| Vegetarian, vegan, or organic |
1% |
2% |
6% |
0% |
| Dim-sum |
31% |
28% |
69% |
24% |
| Seafood |
17% |
9% |
6% |
26% |
| Noodles |
29% |
35% |
19% |
38% |
| Regional cuisine |
24% |
20% |
0% |
44% |
| Muslim |
1% |
2% |
0% |
3% |
| Buns/pancakes |
10% |
13% |
0% |
32% |
| Deep-fried |
22% |
20% |
38% |
24% |
| Drinks |
|
|
|
|
| None |
15% |
26% |
0% |
21% |
| Soda |
74% |
61% |
100% |
62% |
| Juice |
75% |
67% |
88% |
62% |
| Alcohol |
6% |
35% |
75% |
62% |
| Tea |
47% |
44% |
75% |
35% |
| Coffee |
25% |
20% |
81% |
6% |
| Bottled water |
9% |
11% |
0% |
12% |
| Yogurt |
12% |
6% |
31% |
12% |
| Flavored milk |
15% |
13% |
38% |
9% |
| Take out menu available |
8% |
11% |
31% |
3% |
| Flyer available |
4% |
0% |
6% |
6% |
| Advertisement |
|
|
|
|
| None |
92% |
94% |
75% |
97% |
| Local TV station |
4% |
4% |
6% |
3% |
| Phone directory |
4% |
2% |
6% |
3% |
| Newspaper |
1% |
0% |
0% |
3% |
| Display of business license |
88% |
89% |
75% |
97% |
| Website |
4% |
4% |
13% |
3% |
| Nutrition information available |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| Signs encouraging overeating |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| Promotions |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| Portion size choices |
37% |
41% |
25% |
35% |
| Prices (lowest priced) |
|
|
|
|
| Vegetable, mean (SD) RMB |
2.31 (10.2) |
0.93 (2.32) |
8.25 (24.4) |
1.13 (2.31) |
| Meat, mean (SD) RMB | 3.71 (8.35) | 2.50 (6.38) | 5.75 (13.3) | 2.24 (3.92) |