“Grocery stores advertise ‘restaurant style’; restaurants advertise ‘homestyle’”

What’s the difference between “homestyle” and “restaurant style”?
   
“Why do restaurants advertise their food as ‘homestyle’ yet you see food in the grocery stores advertised as ‘restaurant style’?” was posted on Twitter by Jayson Rowe on July 3, 2009. “Why do restaurants boast about their ‘homestyle cooking,’ while recipes and frozen entrees boast their ‘restaurant quality’?” was posted on Twitter by Cheryl Bunyan on March 10, 2010.
 
“Food you buy for home labels itself as ‘restaurant style’ to sound more appealing, while restaraunts label their food as ‘homestyle’ to sound more appealing” was posted on Reddit—Showerthoughts on December 17, 2017. “Cooking products are sold by saying they can help you cook ‘restaurant quality’ meals, but restaurants get you to come in by saying they have ‘Homestyle’ cooking” was posted on Reddit—Showerthoughts on July 26, 2019.
   
   
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Jayson Rowe
@jayson_r
Why do restaurants advertise their food as “homestyle” yet you see food in the grocery stores advertised as “restaurant style”?
4:24 PM · Jul 3, 2009·Twitter Web Client
 
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Cheryl Bunyan
@divamagenta
Why do restaurants boast about their “homestyle cooking,” while recipes and frozen entrees boast their “restaurant quality”?
11:36 AM · Mar 10, 2010·Twitter Web Client
   
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James Hritz
@jameshritz
At the grocery store they try sell me “restaurant quality” food, but at restaurant they want 2 sell me “homestyle” meals? Hmmm.
6:40 PM · Nov 21, 2010·Twitter for BlackBerry®
     
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Jeremy Ball
@CalvinBall81
Many restaurants advertise “homestyle” cooking. So why do many products in the grocery store call themselves “restaurant style?”
5:10 AM · Feb 15, 2011·Twitter Web Client
   
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kevin harrold
@kevinthepostman
At the grocery store everything is labeled “restaurant style”. I go to a restaurant and the menu says “homestyle”. Which is it?
12:36 PM · Oct 19, 2013·Twitter for Android
   
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Mαtt Thomαs
@mattthomas
Food you buy at the grocery store is often labeled as “restaurant style”; food you order at restaurants is often billed as “homestyle.”
9:03 AM · Jan 19, 2014·Twitter for iPhone
 
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T. A. 🇺🇸⭐️⭐️⭐️🇺🇸
@tap364
Years ago, people would eat out and hope to get “Homestyle Cooking”. Now they eat in and hope it’s “Restaurant Quality”. #throwbackthursday
10:21 AM · Oct 16, 2014·Twitter for iPhone
   
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Andrew Barton
@damnittohell2
“How come when people are home, we try to cook restaurant quality food, but people in restaurants try to cook homestyle food?” #KimsThoughts
4:27 PM · Feb 9, 2017·Twitter Web Client
     
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/Adamantyte December 17, 2017
Food you buy for home labels itself as “restaurant style” to sound more appealing, while restaraunts label their food as “homestyle” to sound more appealing
 
Twitter 
Food For Thought
@prophesic
Food you buy for home labels itself as “restaurant style” to sound more appealing, while restaraunts label their food as “homestyle” to sound more appealing
6:35 AM · Dec 17, 2018·Twee Love
 
Reddit—Showerthoughts 
Posted by u/itsmyday1 July 26, 2019
Cooking products are sold by saying they can help you cook “restaurant quality” meals, but restaurants get you to come in by saying they have “Homestyle” cooking.
COMMENTS
nobody_likes_soda
Restaurants: “Like mama used to make”.
My mom: “Here’s $5. Go get yourself something to eat…”