即使是普通的一次性咖啡杯也反映出人们在餐厅用餐的次数减少了。
Even the humble disposable coffee cup suggests that diners are eating out less at restaurants.
向餐厅销售纸杯、纸盘、外卖容器等包装材料的公司表示，他们从美国企业那里收到的需求减少了。
Companies that sell paper cups, plates, delivery containers, and similar packaging to restaurants say that they're seeing less demand from US businesses.
瑞典公司Essity主要向包括餐厅在内的企业销售纸巾和清洁用品，该公司周四表示，美国市场的消费疲软影响了其销售额。
Essity, a Swedish company that sells paper towels and cleaning supplies to businesses, including restaurants, said on Thursday that the dining pullback in the US was affecting sales.
Essity首席执行官Ulrika Kolsrud告诉路透社，‘美国消费者的外出就餐频率不如欧洲。’
The company's sales volumes and prices in the US fell during its third quarter, it said. "Consumers are not going out to restaurants as much as they do in Europe," CEO Ulrika Kolsrud told Reuters on Thursday.
总部位于芬兰的Huhtamaki Oyj公司生产快餐店使用的一次性杯子和外卖容器，该公司表示其北美地区的第二季度销售额有所下降。
Finland-based Huhtamaki Oyj, which makes disposable cups and takeout containers for fast-food restaurants, said that second-quarter sales in North America decreased.
Jefferies的分析师写道，北美地区约占Huhtamaki Oyj总销售额的三分之一，由于美国快餐连锁店的消费减少，该地区的业绩可能会受到影响。
Analysts at Jefferies wrote that results in the region, which accounts for about one-third of Huhtamaki Oyj's sales, will likely be hurt by lower consumer spending at fast-food chains in the US.
分析师本月早些时候指出，一些连锁店的价格上涨以及许多消费者仍在家工作，‘影响了销售量，进而影响了包装需求。’
Higher prices at some chains, and many consumers still working from home, "have impacted sales volumes, and ultimately packaging demand," the analysts wrote earlier this month.
由于工资停滞不前和通货膨胀的持续影响，许多顾客外出就餐的次数减少了。
With wages stagnant and the lingering effects of inflation, many diners are eating out less.
那些仍然外出就餐的顾客往往会在寻找优惠——这一趋势考验了像麦当劳这样的快餐连锁店的性价比菜单，同时也让Chili's等提供优惠的餐厅受益。’
Those who are still spending tend to look for good deals — a trend that has tested value menus at fast-food chains like McDonald's and benefited others, such as Chili's, which offered deals that got consumers ordering. That doesn't necessarily mean Americans have stopped spending on restaurant food altnwork device; here's our guide to sharing information securely.