Site name: National Restaurant Association URL: http://www.restaurant.org/pdfs Background information: The National Restaurant Association has been the industry’s leading association since 1919.

Exercises:

a. Click on the link to the latest industry fact sheet. Do you find any reason to believe chains are growing more than independents?

b. Click on the research tab. From the information on the site, what changes do you anticipate we will see in the industry?