A recent Gallup poll has found that Americans are more positive this year about most major businesses and industries — including restaurants — than they were in 2008, when opinions were more negative across the board.
The computer industry remains the most positively rated at 62 percent, followed by the restaurant industry at 57 percent, an improvement of 6 percentage points over last year and a rebound from a steep drop in 2008.
The biggest positive opinion improvements since last year are the grocery industry, the airline industry, and the federal government, while the banking and automobile industries saw their positive scores drop.
From www.Gallup.com:
"In its annual Work and Education poll, Gallup asks Americans to rate each of 25 major businesses and industries as positive, negative, or neutral. This year's update, conducted Aug. 6-9, finds that many industries that took big image hits in last year's poll have recovered this year. For example, the grocery industry's 15-point gain in positive ratings nearly wipes out the 17-point decline it suffered in 2008, which was perhaps a response to rising food prices. The airline, travel, and oil and gas industries erased their 2008 losses -- likely due to record-high fuel prices in 2008 -- while the real estate, restaurant, and retail industries also rebounded significantly from the steep drops they experienced last year."
