- Chicago, IL (UPI) -- Furniture makers are selling bigger
chairs and tables to U.S. restaurants, an apparent accommodation to growing
customers.
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- The National Restaurant Association's four-day conference
in Chicago featured numerous displays of supersized furniture for supersized
diners, the Dallas Morning News reported Monday.
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- "The other (traditionally sized) ones can be uncomfortable,"
said Bob Murphy, vice president of systems and technology for Chili's Grill
& Bar, the flagship chain of Dallas-based Brinker International Inc.
"When you sit at them, they're too small."
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- Chili's has begun testing more spacious eating spaces
and was looking at installing tables up to 12 inches larger at future Chili's
outlets, he said.
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- One chair manufacturer said his company is rethinking
size -- as in making products bigger -- because customers are bigger.
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- "Let's face it, America has an obesity problem,"
said Jerry Falk of Foldcraft Co. of Minnesota.
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