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Restaurants brace for a drop in spending

Spending at restaurants grew 2.1 percent, but the cash register may slow down this year, according to a new survey.

Almost one in four restaurant-goers say they plan to spend less at restaurants this year than they did in 2010, a year in which restaurant-industry spending grew to $403.5 billion, according to Mintel, a Chicago-based consumer research company. Get the full story »