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Restaurant Gift Card Use Up in the U.S., New Report Finds

12/10/2019

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Eating Trends: Restaurant Use goes on to reveal that the highest share of restaurant gift card buyers, or 9% of adults, have spent less than $50 in gift cards for restaurants or coffeehouses in the past 12 months. Image: Pixabay
ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Gift card season is officially upon us. And though the majority of Winter holiday shoppers are focused on gift cards for top retailers, it's important not to overlook the growing use of gift cards to popular restaurants and coffeehouses.

Also read, Brands Must Differentiate to Stay Ahead as Competition for Breakfast Heats Up, New Study Finds.

In the recent report Eating Trends: Restaurant Use, market research firm Packaged Facts states that between 2011 and 2019, the share of adults who buy gift cards overall has declined by five percentage points, to 39%. However, purchases of gift cards specifically for restaurants or coffeehouses is up by three percentage points, to 20%. Usage has steadily increased each year since 2011. 

"Growth in use of restaurant gift cards, much like growth in the use of restaurant coupons, is outperforming overall market trends," says David Sprinkle, research director for Packaged Facts.

Eating Trends: Restaurant Use goes on to reveal that the highest share of restaurant gift card buyers, or 9% of adults, have spent less than $50 in gift cards for restaurants or coffeehouses in the past 12 months. At the other end of the spectrum, only 1% of adults spent $250 or more. 

Use of restaurant gift cards, as a very discretionary expense, also skews to highly educated and highly affluent adults. U.S. adult consumers with a college or graduate degree are 40% more likely than the average adult consumer to use restaurant gift cards. Similarly, adults living in households with an income of $150K or more are 33% more likely than average to do the same.

Eating Trends: Restaurant Use (published 11/2019, 83 pages) is the fourth study in a five report Eating Trends series by Packaged Facts. The report provides a topline data overview of continuity and changes in U.S. adult (age 18+) use of restaurants, with a focus on fast-food (limited-service) and full-service (sit-down table service) chain restaurants.

SOURCE Packaged Facts
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