Habit of Eating Out by Professionals of Bangladesh- A Way to Save Time & Efforts for More Productive Works
Abstract
This study is to investigate the habits of eating out by the professionals of Sylhet city in Bangladesh
along with the compelling and motivating factors behind this habit. This descriptive analytical research
is carried out by collecting primary data from professionals selected by stratified sampling methods.
Different professionals of both genders in different age group was given due weights for collecting data
by a well designed questionnaire after testing the reliability and validity of the study in appropriate
manner. The secondary data were collected from books, articles, newspapers and other reading
materials with internet and other electronic media. The study inferred that there is a great prospects of
restaurants and other eating out industries as the busy professionals have to depend on it due to more
involvement in professional lives. The increasing number of participating women in outward activities
intensifies the prospects as comparatively larger portion of professional women are found to take food
outside the home that makes the other members depends on restaurants for their need. The selection of
low priced restaurants is dominants among the respondents for their regular food, so industries of eating
out must consider other factors along with quality and price of food to exploit the opportunities of
utilizing the prospects.
Keywords: Habit and frequency of eating out, Professionals, Selection of restaurants.
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