Although there has been a meteoric rise in chain and franchise restaurant operations in recent years (some of them international in scope), the restaurant industry is still one of the strongholds of small business.

• 尽管近年来连锁饭店和特许经营饭店的数量在迅速增加，规模也在快速扩大(有些甚至是在世界范围内经营)，但是餐馆业仍然是小生意的一个主要据点。