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      »   More chain restaurants are making thorough nutrition          information obtainable to customers in a multiplicity of          formats. Given the made to order nature of food served in a          restaurant, it can be a challenge for restaurants to give          nutrition information in an correct, detailed and clear mode.

» A bed and breakfast, often referred to as a B&B, is a lodging People who travel and stay away from home for more than a day need lodging mainly for sleeping. Other purposes are safety, shelter from cold and rain, having a place to store lugguage and being able to take a shower. They do that in a hotel or hostel, a private home (commercially, i.e. a bed and breakfast place, or non-commercially, with members of hospitality services or in the home of friends), in a tent, caravan/camper (often on a campsite). In addition there are make-shift solutions. typically operated out of a large single family residence where guests can be accommodated at night in private bedrooms.

» Restaurant industry sales are expected to reach a record high of $476 billion in 2005, an increase of 4.9 percent over 2004, according to the National Restaurant Association. Driven by consumer demand, the ethnic food market reached record sales in 2002, and has emerged as the fastest growing category in the food , beverage product sector and tourism industry.