SLO County News BlogGolf, Wine, Real Estate, Business & Travel NewsSLO Makes Top-10 in Coffee ShopsTuesday, March 29, 2005A recent study came out analyzing the coffee "restaurants" per capita of American cities indicated that San Luis Obispo is among the Top 10 Cities in the United States with 1.6 Coffee Shops per 10,000 residents.With an average temperature in Anchorage, Alaska of 35.9 degrees it's understandable that it has the most coffee restaurants per person in the country. Anchorage has nearly 3 coffee shops per 10,000 people compared with New York, for example, which doesn't even make the top 10 list and has less than 1 coffee shop per 10,000 people. Coffee shops are one of the fastest growing segments of the restaurant industry in terms of units. The latest numbers according to The NPD Group's restaurant census ReCount finds coffee shops increased seven percent in units across the country- with 11 percent of that growth coming from chains and four percent coming from independents. New York did make the top 10 list when you look at total units. ReCount has tracked the locations of about 529,000 restaurants across the country with chains making up about 235,000 units (56%) and independents making up nearly 294,000 units (44%). While the industry has stayed relatively flat from 2003 to 2004, it has increased units by 4 percent since 1998, with chains seeing an increase of 12 percent since 1998. The restaurant units are split in half when you look at quick-service restaurants and full-service restaurants. There are about 269,000 fast food outlets in the U.S. and about 260,000 full-service restaurants included in ReCount. The largest category of restaurants is Quick Service (QSR) Pizza/Italian with over 60,000 units followed by QSR Hamburger with about 47,000 units. The NPD Group Releases Its Restaurant Census NPD FoodWorld Read More
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