---
title: "RestaurantNews: Restaurants Among the Leaders in Post-Recession Job Growth"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/479a3602-ade1-4360-9ae6-17f737570a0f
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/restaurantnews-restaurants-among-the-leaders-in-post-recession-job-growth-1774
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
topics: ["Finance & M&A"]
published: 2015-06-09T19:14:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T13:23:40.546Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/8d777f385d3dfec8815d20f7496026dc288.png
---

# RestaurantNews: Restaurants Among the Leaders in Post-Recession Job Growth

**TL;DR:** The restaurant industry is leading the way in post-recession job growth, with eating and drinking places adding 17,000 jobs in May. The industry has added a net 1.7 million jobs since the start of the recovery.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2015-06-09. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/restaurantnews-restaurants-among-the-leaders-in-post-recession-job-growth-1774).*

## Story

The food-service industry is leading the way for employment in America’s post-recession economy, according to RestaurantNews.com.

“The restaurant industry continued to add jobs at a steady pace in May, according to preliminary figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics ,” Bruce Grindy, chief economist at the National Restaurant Association, was quoted as saying. “Eating and drinking places added a net 17,000 jobs in May on a seasonally-adjusted basis, which followed a gain of 17,800 jobs in April.”

Grindy went on to say that eating and drinking establishments rank only behind the professional and business services sector and the health care and social assistance sector in job creation since the start of the recovery, adding a net 1.7 million jobs.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- restaurant industry (topic)
- National Restaurant Association (company)
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (regulator)
- job growth (topic)
- post-recession economy (topic)

---
Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/restaurantnews-restaurants-among-the-leaders-in-post-recession-job-growth-1774). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/479a3602-ade1-4360-9ae6-17f737570a0f).