Interesting stats from National Restaurant Association

Link here.     2012 US "Facts at a glance":

• $660.5 billion: Restaurant-industry sales projected for 2013.
• 980,000: Number of restaurant locations in the United States.
• 4%: Restaurant-industry sales share of the U.S. gross domestic product.
• $1.8 billion: Restaurant-industry sales on a typical day in 2013.
• 13.1 million: Number of restaurant-industry employees.
• 47%: Restaurant-industry share of the food dollar.
• 93%: Percentage of eating and drinking places with fewer than 50 employees.