| As a staple of life our need to eat has developed | | | | enjoyment of these different foods have opened |
| from a basic form of simply feeding our bodies | | | | new options to the consumer within the food |
| with the fuel it requires, to a complicated art of | | | | market. |
| presentation and taste combined with our intrinsic | | | | In today's busy world where leisure time has |
| need to experiment with everything we see, | | | | become more and more important, the less time |
| touch, smell and of course taste. | | | | spent working and preparing to eat allows us |
| The ever-increasing divergence of foods that is | | | | more available time for our pursuit of our leisure |
| now available to us at our local stores and | | | | activities. |
| eating-places only help to confuse and tantalise us | | | | People who do not have the ability, time or will to |
| into new culinary experiments and delights. | | | | cook at home now only have to pick up the |
| From the sandwich shop to the award winning | | | | phone book or click on the Internet in order to |
| restaurants, we can always find a place that | | | | find their local restaurant or fast food retailer that |
| prepares and sells the food we want at a | | | | will be more than happy to deliver the freshly |
| reasonable price, although cooking or preparing | | | | prepared hot food ready to eat straight to their |
| food for ourselves may be a cheaper or healthier | | | | door with minimum fuss. |
| option it never seems to taste the same as our | | | | Although the fast food retailers compete with |
| local restaurant. Most people that have cooked | | | | each other fiercely, using their special offers and |
| their own versions and varieties of local, Chinese, | | | | cheaper and healthier alternatives to entice us to |
| Indian or other international cuisine believes it does | | | | their premises, the main stay of traditional |
| not have the same taste or texture and will often | | | | restaurants still hold an important part in our lives. |
| opt for a more authentic meal from their local | | | | Even though these places are vastly outnumbered |
| restaurant or take away. | | | | by the fast food industry, we still enjoy sitting |
| Cooking at home has become less of a choice | | | | down in the nice comfortable and pleasant |
| and more of a chore. With the large amount of | | | | surroundings of a restaurant and dining on good |
| ready meals available, the option of spending time | | | | quality food at a leisurely pace, leaving behind the |
| in the kitchen becomes less and less appealing. | | | | hustle and bustle of daily life and the fast food |
| People are spending more of their time and | | | | rush. |
| money in the world of fast foods and restaurants. | | | | Traditional restaurants will always offer us that |
| Although some believe this to be a bad thing, it | | | | pleasant alternative to eating at home, ordering |
| has fuelled a new market in available meals that | | | | take out from our local fast food dispenser or |
| are only a phone call away. As long as the health | | | | visiting their drive through or small busy café |
| and hygiene departments vet these | | | | style restaurants. Not forgetting those special |
| establishments and our choices are varied, of | | | | occasions or romantic rendezvous, these still |
| good quality and healthy, their use can be a good | | | | command the need for that quiet stylish quality |
| alternative to cooking our own meals. | | | | restaurant where we know that the food wine |
| With the onset of fast foods and the quick cook | | | | and service will always be excellent and the |
| and ready cooked meals available along with the | | | | experience wonderful and charming. |
| ever increasing choice of world cuisine, the | | | | |