This statistic shows the distribution of U.S. consumers by their preference to tip or have an included service charge when eating in restaurants in 2016. During the January 2016 survey, 15 percent of respondents stated that they preferred restaurants with no set service charge as they liked to control the amount they tipped.
Would you prefer to eat at restaurants that do not ask for tips but instead include set service charges?
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AlixPartners. (March 1, 2016). Would you prefer to eat at restaurants that do not ask for tips but instead include set service charges? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 28, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/524197/tipping-service-charge-preferences-restaurant-goers-usa/
AlixPartners. "Would you prefer to eat at restaurants that do not ask for tips but instead include set service charges?." Chart. March 1, 2016. Statista. Accessed March 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/524197/tipping-service-charge-preferences-restaurant-goers-usa/
AlixPartners. (2016). Would you prefer to eat at restaurants that do not ask for tips but instead include set service charges?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/524197/tipping-service-charge-preferences-restaurant-goers-usa/
AlixPartners. "Would You Prefer to Eat at Restaurants That Do Not Ask for Tips but Instead Include Set Service Charges?." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Mar 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/524197/tipping-service-charge-preferences-restaurant-goers-usa/
AlixPartners, Would you prefer to eat at restaurants that do not ask for tips but instead include set service charges? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/524197/tipping-service-charge-preferences-restaurant-goers-usa/ (last visited March 28, 2024)
Would you prefer to eat at restaurants that do not ask for tips but instead include set service charges? [Graph], AlixPartners, March 1, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/524197/tipping-service-charge-preferences-restaurant-goers-usa/