Restaurant industry - additional information
Unsurprisingly, one of the most commonly alcoholic consumed beverages in U.S. bars and taverns is beer. Around half of the alcohol consumed in the United States falls into the beer category and spirit consumption makes up about one third. Each year, nearly 200 million beer barrels are sold to U.S. bars and taverns.
Despite the health risks associated with drinking alcohol, it is consumed in large amounts worldwide. The average per capita pure alcohol consumption in the United States was 8.7 liters between 2008 and 2010, according to the World Health Organization. Belarus was the country with the second highest per capita alcohol consumption worldwide in 2016. Its population above the age of 15 years consumed 16.4 liters of pure alcohol per capita that year.
That said, recent statistics show that food and drink sales of snack and non-alcoholic beverage bars in the United States are much higher than those that serve alcohol. Food and drink sales of snack and non-alcoholic beverage bars have risen since 2009 and the National Restaurant Association projects that they will reach 38.4 billion U.S. dollars in 2016.
Kwa sababu ya hali ya hewa, ni muhimu kutambua kwamba moja ya vinywaji vya kawaida katika baa na taverns ni bia. Karibu nusu ya pombe inayotumiwa nchini Marekani huanguka katika jamii ya bia na matumizi ya pombe ni karibu theluthi moja. Kila mwaka, karibu marijani milioni 200 za bia huuzwa kwenye baa na mikahawa ya Marekani. Licha ya hatari za kiafya zinazohusiana na kunywa kileo, kinachotumiwa ni nyingi ulimwenguni pote. Kiwango cha wastani cha unywaji wa pombe kwa kila mtu nchini Marekani ni lita 8.7 kati ya mwaka wa 2008 na 2010, kulingana na Shirika la Afya Ulimwenguni. Belarus ilikuwa nchi ya pili kwa kiwango cha juu cha unywaji wa pombe kwa kila mtu ulimwenguni mnamo 2016. Watu wenye umri wa miaka 15 na zaidi walitumia lita 16.4 za pombe safi kwa kila mtu mwaka huo. Takwimu za hivi karibuni zinaonyesha kwamba mauzo ya vyakula na vinywaji katika baa za vitafunio na vinywaji visivyo na pombe nchini Marekani ni ya juu zaidi kuliko zile zinazotumia pombe. Uuzaji wa vyakula na vinywaji vya bar na bar za vinywaji visivyo na pombe umekua tangu mwaka 2009 na Shirika la Kitaifa la Migahawa linatarajia kufikia dola bilioni 38.4 mnamo 2016.