Additionally, the introduction of new premium products like the McCafe has increased average spend.
The average spend per user was also up 1.8%, the company said in a statement.
We expect both average spend and number of visitors to increase for Starbucks, which will improve profit margins.
The guide also includes helpful phrases, key statistics (such as trip length, average spend) and general information (including preferred meal times).
If the remodeling strategy is well-received by customers, it could lead to significant growth in average spend per customer visit.
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The slowing pace is partially a result of growth from Asian and Middle-Eastern regions that have a lower average spend.
Among his findings: While workaholics on average spend 10 hours more than non-workaholics on the job, time isn't the appropriate barometer.
But if it were to introduce new, inexpensive items to lure customers, we could see the average spend growing at a slower rate.
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While locals complain of living costs, Australian households on average spend 19% of their disposable income on keeping a roof over their heads, below the OECD's average of 21%.
According to a recent Citigroup study, small firms on average spend a heavy 2% of their assets covering various operating expenses, excluding salaries and payouts to their investment teams.
This is a wonderful addition to the National Family Caregiver Support Program and it is a perfect way to recognize these caregivers who on average spend 18 hours a week providing care.
However, if costs are passed on to customers in the form of higher prices for coffee beverages at stores, we believe it may impact our forecasts for average spend per customer visit.
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FY2010 customer traffic tracked ahead of our expectations and grew by 4% vs. our expectations of 2.5% and average spend amount per visit by customers increased by 3% beating our earlier expectations of 2%.
The inception of McTV means customers would spend more time inside the restaurant, which could really boost the average spend per customer (ASC) as consumers have the tendency to eat more when they are engrossed in watching television, something that sports bars have been doing for years.
One report published last year by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) shows that Britain spends 1.1% of GDP on pre-primary spending for children, higher than the average national spend for other countries.
The number of new households is no longer close to the 100, 000-plus pay-TV subscribers it used to sign up per quarter, but the group said that average customer spend had increased as cable subscribers added new services.
Studios spend millions to lure us into theaters each weekend, and here's a daunting statistic: On average, they spend more on advertising than they get back in box office receipts.
On average, Americans spend two hours a day working just to afford their cars.
This step is particularly important for women, who have lower average salaries, spend more time out of the paid workforce, and have longer life expectancies.
The average time homes spend on the sale block has decreased too, down about 30% from a year ago, according to the National Association of Realtors.
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The IRS estimates that the average taxpayer will spend 22 hours on a federal form 1040 (taken from the federal form 1040 instructions, downloads as a pdf), including 10 hours just on record keeping.
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According to Karla Breceda, Jamele Rigolini and Jaime Saavedra, three economists at the World Bank, Latin American governments, on average, now spend a larger share of GDP on education for the poorest 20% of children than does the United States.
Average citizens, even those with 10 or 20 times the average, tend to spend their money.
Those who survive line infections spend on average a week longer in intensive care.
Americans spend an average of four hours a day watching TV, an hour of that enduring ads.
There is no fixed formula but in our experience, restaurants spend on average 3-5% of their turnover on marketing.
Today, we only spend an average 13.3% of our budgets on food--but 42% of that money is spent in restaurants.
Collectively they make more than 29.6 million daily visits in this age group, spend an average 14 minutes per visit.
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Users spend an average of 7.5 hours a month on the site, says research firm ComScore, the most of any social network.
This is significant because men, on average, tend to spend upwards of 35% more per month on home improvement supplies than females.
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