The restaurant category again has change forward its 2002 menu.

The restaurant category again has change forward its 2002 menu. Upscale, casual dining and quick-service chains are trying to warm earnings by means of finding new customers in an oversaturated and mature market facing greater competition from supermarkets and convenience stores.

In 2001 consumer carve back on their restaurant habits for the first time in 16 years, flat before the September terrorist attacks, according to NPD clump which tracks U.S. eating patterns. On-premise and takeout ``eatings'' dropp sum of two units ...