An analysis of the impact of the recession on full-service restaurants and quick-service snackbars in the Netherlands

This research explores what the impact of the recent economic recession has been on the sales development of two separate segments of the food away from home industry in the Netherlands, namely full-service restaurants and quick-service snackbars. This analysis provides us with new insights into the dynamics of the restaurant industry. The investigation uses independent samples mean difference tests and time series OLS regressions as research methods. As predicted, the results revealed that the recession had a significant negative impact on full-service restaurant sales. The research does not reach a conclusion about the explicit impact of the recession on the snackbars segment.