27 Aug 2023

Micheal Dearth: The rise of menu anxiety

From Sunday Morning, 8:47 am on 27 August 2023

A new survey has confirmed what Millennials and Gen Z already knew - ordering food at restaurants can be stressful. For some, it can be so stressful that it's affecting the way they navigate eating out. 

Almost half of Gen Z and Millennials experience menu anxiety, stemming from everything from the taste, cost, and length of preparation time to the food's environmental impacts. 

Michael Dearth runs The Grove Restaurant in Auckland. He joins us to talk about how this phenomenon is impacting our eating out culture.  

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