Q. Where can I find information on the restaurant industry?

Go to

• Mintel Reports
  Offers several reports on the restaurant industry. Follow the instruction page as you need to set up a password.

• Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
  Choose Industries from the top menu bar and then from the dropdown menu choose the appropriate industry guide: Restaurants.

• Thomson ONE Banker
  Type in "restaurants" and "industry report" into the keyword box. Also, type in the name of a public company into the company box and the term "initiating" into the keywords in order to retrieve more substantial reports.

• Proquest(PQ Central)
  Type in "restaurants", choose "subject" from the dropdown menu and add "trends" as a keyword to access relevant articles.

• Restaurant Industry Forecast
  National Restaurant Association covers the big numbers on industry sales, factors that shaped those sales, industry segments, trends and legislative and regulatory issues. (Reserves TX943.N38 2004)

• 2003 Restaurant Industry Operations Report
  Provides financial data on cost of sales, gross profit, direct operating expenses and other performance measurements. (Reserves TX909.A1R47 2003)

• National Restaurant Association
  Provides industry overview both national and state levels. Includes latest industry news, as well as reports on consumer spending, industry employment and restaurant industry operations research.