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Apart from studying the behavioral intention of people at IIML we have also managed to study those areas where small improvements can attract lots of students. Based on the research and findings we have recommended some improvements to the existing structure of dine-in Restaurants in Lucknow. 3 .
1. INTRODUCTION .
Industry Background: The value of Indian restaurant industry is 75,000 Crores in CY12 which is growing at the rate of 7% annually. The industry is highly fragmented with 1.5million eating outlets, of which approximately 3000 segments belong to organized segment which is growing at the rate of 16% annually. The Indian restaurant industry in categorized into Quick service restaurant, Casual dining, Cafes, Fine dining, and Pubs, bars, clubs & lounges. The fine dine restaurants are growing at an annual rate of 5% which is expected to register a market growth of 15-17% by 2017.Most of the players focus on affluent segments which operates at an average spend per person per visit (APC) of more than INR300 per person. .
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Figure 1.1: Overview of Indian Restaurant Industry .
The study reveals that Indians on an average eat less than 6 times a month, which is 40 times in case of country like Singapore. The restaurant market in India gets a huge opportunity, even if there is a small increment in the above number. Research reports indicates Italian cuisine followed with Chinese is being patronized by Indian consumers. The segment is largely fuelled by young consumers aged 14-45 years. The key factors that would increase market size are, namely: Rising disposable income, Nuclear family structure, Increasing working population, Rapid urbanization and consumerism, eating-out experience, evolution of captive retailing centers, emergence of national brands and increased interest by international brand.