What does this research mean for the field?

The COVID-19 pandemic caused uneven, long-lasting changes in eating-out behavior, with some consumers permanently reducing their dining out while others returned to pre-pandemic patterns after restrictions ended. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

What question did this study set out to answer?

The aim is to analyze how eating-out behavior changed during and after COVID-19 and to determine if these changes are temporary or lasting.

April 1, 2026Open Access

Changes and Persistence in Eating-Out Behavior During and After COVID-19

YHY HashimotoThe University of Tokyo RURyo UTSUNOMIYAThe University of Tokyo TNTomoaki NakataniThe University of Tokyo

Key Points

The aim is to analyze how eating-out behavior changed during and after COVID-19 and to determine if these changes are temporary or lasting.
Analyzed consumer purchase-history data
Categorized individuals by annual food expenditure shares
Focused on individuals with high food expenditures on eating out
Tracked consumer behaviors during and after COVID-19 restrictions
Some consumers returned to previous dining patterns after restrictions ended
Others continued to avoid eating out post-restrictions
The effects of COVID-19 on eating-out behavior varied among individuals

Abstract

This study analyzes shifts in eating-out behavior during and after COVID-19 using consumer purchase-history data.To assess whether these changes proved temporary or lasting, we categorized individuals by their annual share of food expenditures.We focus on individuals with high shares of food expenditures devoted to eating out and tracked their behavior.The findings indicate that some consumers returned to their previous dining patterns once restrictions ended, while others continued to avoid eating out.These variations suggest that COVID-19 reshaped eating-out behavior in uneven ways, with its effects varying in duration across individuals.

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Hashimoto et al. (Thu,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69cd79e15652765b073a6ace https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5874/jfsr.25.32.4_7

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