“…According to the analysis, the selected restaurants achieved an average efficiency score of 67. This result is not in line in comparison with other studies of restaurant efficiency, where the identified efficiency results were higher (Banker & Morey, 1986;Choi, Roh, & Yoon, 2007;Giménez-García et al, 2007;Reynolds, 2004;Reynolds & Biel, 2007;Reynolds & Thompson, 2007;Giokas et al, 2015;Kukanja & Planinc, 2018a;Parte & Alberca, 2019). On the contrary, only in a few studies were the identified average scores below our results (Alberca & Parte, 2018;Hadad et al, 2007).…”