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Tipping and service charge preferences of U.S. restaurant goers 2016
Would you prefer to eat at restaurants that do not ask for tips but instead include set service charges?
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Mar 1, 2016
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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by Statista Research Department,
last edited
Mar 1, 2016
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.
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- United States
- Survey time period
- January 2016
- Number of respondents
- 986 respondents
- Age group
- 18 years and older
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Percentage points equating to less than 100 percent are due to rounding.
Survey methodology can be found here.
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- United States
- Survey time period
- January 2016
- Number of respondents
- 986 respondents
- Age group
- 18 years and older
- Supplementary notes
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The source does not specify the type of survey.
Percentage points equating to less than 100 percent are due to rounding.
Survey methodology can be found here.
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