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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fewer and fewer people are drinking. For all sorts of reasons - changing cultural norms, health, weight, medication, prevalence of cannabis  products, the cost, sleep issues, and no one wants a hangover or rebound anxiety anymore. Younger people in particular are the biggest group to have really lightened up on drinking, with many choosing not to drink at all. The market for people wiling to have two or three sugary calorie bombs with every meal is getting smaller and smaller every year.

It's up to restaurants to adapt to changing norms. And if they don't, they'll disappear. But restaurants will be increasingly unable to rely on the alcohol up-sell to boost their margins. And choosing to give non-drinkers a disappointing meal experience is so incredibly destructive for restaurants. They lose both repeat customers and word of mouth.    [/quote]

I think this is going to be a pretty slow change. Every bar I see is packed, the vast majority of tables in restaurants have cocktails or wine. [/quote]

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