article_snippet: Menu boards which omit prices (left) and classical music such as works by Beethoven (right) are some of the ways restaurants make diners pay more for diners experience .
article_snippet: Tests,which were carried out over three weeks by University of Leicester researchers found that when subtle classical melodies were played, diners spent more than £24 per head on average on food and drinks.
article_snippet: When pop music was played, less than £22 was spent by each diner and without any background music spending fell to only £21.70 per head.
article_snippet: In the same test, diners were spending over £1 each on coffee with classical music, compared to only 80p with pop music and 54p without any background noise.
article_snippet: The less sophisticated tones of Britney Spears as background music saw people typically spending around 10 per cent less on people meals.
article_snippet: When no music was played, the amount of money spent by diners was dramatically less.