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Restaurants to Add More than Half-Million Summer Jobs

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Restaurants are expected to add 522,000 jobs this summer season, according to National Restaurant Association projections released today. The projected 2015 gain would represent the third consecutive year in which restaurants add at least 500,000 jobs during the summer season.

“Summer is the busiest season for restaurants in most parts of the country, and the stronger business leads to additional employment opportunities at all levels of a restaurant operation,” said Bruce Grindy, chief economist for the National Restaurant Association. “In many states with tourism-driven economies, restaurants satisfy both travelers’ cravings for food, as well as job-seekers’ hunger for employment.”

“Driven by an improving economy, dampened gas prices and consumers’ elevated levels of pent-up demand for restaurants, 2015 will represent the third consecutive summer with a gain of at least a half-million restaurant jobs,” Grindy added. “Eating and drinking places added a record 551,200 summer jobs during the 2013 summer season, followed by 535,900 jobs during the 2014 season.”

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