The phrase 'dining industry' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to the sector of the economy that is concerned with restaurants, bars, and other places where food and drink is served. For example, "The dining industry is a major part of the economy in this city, with many small businesses serving up delicious food and drinks."
According to respondents of the ISM report, the economic downturn is hurting the hospitality and dining industry, which is seeing fewer customers and smaller check averages.
That awakening is good news for quick-service restaurants whose sales suffered along with much of the dining industry as high unemployment and economic uncertainty kept many people eating at home to save money on grub during the recession.
It's a situation in which the weak are employed by the greedy to satisfy the thankless, and because of that it's a wonder the dining industry has existed so long.
Danny Meyer wants to raise prices, raise wages, and effect a major change in the dining industry.
Locally and nationally, people in the dining industry said they were surprised or, if not entirely surprised, sentimental about the closing.
"The chain casual dining industry has been overbuilt since 2005," Mr. Glass wrote, noting that was the last year the industry posted positive numbers for customer traffic.
According to a report by Knapp-Track, same-store sales, or sales at locations open at least a year, fell 3.8% during July and August for the casual-dining industry.
While the acquisition is not expected to close until the spring, analysts were quick to begin hypothesizing what the deal might mean for the rest of the casual-dining industry.
He spoke at a Morgan Stanley Dean Witter reception, dined with industry officials and journalists and held court at the Altima introduction.
The best news is that Wes Anderson, from his new perch on the outside of the industry, dining with a long spoon, has an immaculately set place at the table.
Houlihan's Restaurants Inc., which had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection because of heavy competition in the casual-dining industry, won court approval for its reorganization plan.
