Eating Out: Statistics and Society Presidential Address

Eating‐out is generally considered to be of increasing importance as a form of food consumption even though there are differing definitions of its scope. There have recently been some noteworthy additions to the available statistics on eating‐out in the UK and these indicate its growth through time...

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Published inJournal of agricultural economics Vol. 49; no. 3; pp. 279 - 293
Main Author Lund, Philip
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.1998
Wiley Blackwell
Agricultural Economics Society
SeriesJournal of Agricultural Economics
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Summary:Eating‐out is generally considered to be of increasing importance as a form of food consumption even though there are differing definitions of its scope. There have recently been some noteworthy additions to the available statistics on eating‐out in the UK and these indicate its growth through time and its pattern across society. Eating‐out involves a degree of interaction with others and has been studied by sociologists as well as by those whose interest primarily stems from ones in the agri‐food chain or in food consumption. It also raises some interesting issues about how ‘externalities’ (and, in particular, those arising from smoking) are best allowed for in circumstances in which both application of the polluter‐pays principle and very restrictive regulations may be considered impractical and inappropriate.
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Philip Lund is a Visiting Reader at Harper Adams Agricultural College. He is grateful to all those who have contributed information or commented on earlier versions of this paper, including that delivered as the Presidential Address. These include: Nursen Albayrak and Brian Revell (Harper Adams); Andrea Lee and Stan Speller (MAFF); Keith Francombe, Graham Jenkinson and John King (ONS); Lawrence Moore (University of Bristol); Alan Warde (University of Lancaster); Christine Lund; and several organisations (the Courtesy of Choice Campaign, FOREST, the Institute of Grocery Distribution, the Department of Health, MINTEL and Foodservice Intelligence Limited). However, the author is solely responsible for the content of the paper and the opinions expressed within it.
ISSN:0021-857X
1477-9552
DOI:10.1111/j.1477-9552.1998.tb01272.x