HIGHLIGHTS 



About 208,000 of the 

 398,000 public eating places 

 in the United States serve 

 fish and shellfish. 



For restaurants as a 

 single group, 21,000 or 1? 

 percent of a total of 127,000 

 do not serve fishery products. 

 However, 75 percent of the 

 Uo,000 drug stores do not 

 serve fishery products (see 

 table 3). 



Total United States 



Drinking places, 

 lunch counters, 

 refreshment staids 



Distribution of establishments 

 in the United States reporting 

 whether or not fish or shellfish 

 is served 



(Number of establishments 

 in thousands) 



5b 100 150 

 — T [— 



200 250 



T 



■ ■ T< H II f 1 I J ' ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ' W l'l 1 1 1 I I I 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 H H 1 



208.1 

 189.7 



73.0 

 136.9 



105.7 

 21.0 



Legend 



1 9.8 



29.8 



I [ Establishments serving 

 fish and shellfish. 



Establishments not 

 serving fish and 

 shellfish . 



Restaurants 



Drug and proprietary 

 stores with 

 fountains 



Restaurants and 

 cafeterias in 

 hotels 



Cafeterias 



Six out of ten public eating places serving fish or shellfish 

 sell more dinners prices at $1 or less than any other price range. 



Seven out of ten public eating places serving fish or shellfish 

 have cold storage space for keeping frozen fish and shellfish. 



Two out of ten public eating places serving fish or shellfish 

 are limited in the use of frozen fish or shellfish by lack of 

 convenient or sufficient storage space. 



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