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'Dog Days' of August = better days for restaurants
September 23, 2020
Despite on-premise dining restrictions in slightly less than a quarter of restaurants in August, the rate of traffic and dollar declines eased slightly…
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Pumpkin spice is back, but will COVID-19 hinder sales?
September 9, 2020
While many traditional fall rituals like back-to-school shopping and football games have been altered this year by COVID-19, one fall tradition hasn't faltered…
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Restaurant chain transaction decline on healthier track
August 26, 2020
Customer transaction declines at major restaurant chains improved in the week ending August 16, moving into single digits after 21 weeks of double-digit…
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Restaurant transactions improve slightly
August 3, 2020
Restaurant chain transactions dropped 11% nationally for the week that ended July 26, which is a slight improvement from the 12% drop the previous week…
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As COVID-19 cases grow, restaurant transactions fall
July 7, 2020
For the second week, previous signs of recovering recovery for U.S. restaurants are wavering as the number of COVID-19 cases grows nationally. For the last…
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US restaurant industry hits bump in the recovery road
June 30, 2020
For the first time since the week of April 5-12, customer restaurant transactions failed to improve in year-over-year trend numbers. In fact, customer…
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Spike in COVID-19 cases not hindering drops in restaurant transaction declines
June 22, 2020
The spikes in COVID-19 cases in states that have reopened restaurant dine-in services haven't yet impacted the continuing improvement in major restaurant chain…
read nowUS restaurant transaction decline easing up a bit
June 15, 2020
U.S. restaurant chain customer transactions were down -14% for the week ending June 7, revealing improvement for an industry hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
read nowWith dine-in permitted at more US restaurants, transactions improve
June 1, 2020
Out of the more than 1 million restaurants that were in business as of this year in the U.S,, the NPD Group estimated Monday that nearly 320,000 were now…
read nowReopening of dine-in service helping restaurants make small progress
May 26, 2020
Customer transactions at major U.S. restaurant chains declined by -21% in the week ending May 17 compared to the same period last year, a slight gain from last…
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As states return to dine-in, slight improvement noted in restaurant sales
May 4, 2020
U.S. restaurant chain transactions showed improvement for the second week in a row in the week ending April 26 with total industry customer transactions down…
read nowRestaurant chain transactions drop 43% 2nd week of April
April 20, 2020
Total restaurant transaction fell 43% during the second week in April, led by a continued drop in QSR transactions that reversed a move towards stability…
read nowHave restaurant declines bottomed out?
April 13, 2020
U.S. restaurant customer transactions declined by 41% in the week ending April 5 compared to the same week one year ago. That followed a 42% decline in the…
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Restaurant transactions drop 42% in wake of COVID-19 dine-in closures
April 6, 2020
Restaurant customer transactions in the U.S. fell sharply in the last week of March, dropping 42% compared to the same week in 2019, and full-service…
read nowUS restaurant chain transactions drop by 36%
March 30, 2020
The mandated restaurant dine-in closures are hitting chains hard, according to the NPD Group. Total restaurant customer transactions declined by 36% in the…
read nowJanuary traffic climbs at limited-service restaurants
February 11, 2020
Customer transactions at U.S. restaurant chains were up in January, a benefit of milder weather compared to a year ago when extreme weather conditions…
read nowFast food sales up in December
January 15, 2020
The data analysts at NPD Group said today that fast food chains had four straight weeks of transaction increases for the retail period of Dec. 1 through Jan.
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Thanksgiving leaves restaurants with little to be thankful for
December 11, 2019
U.S. restaurant transactions for Thanksgiving week were down 7% compared to the same week last year when the holiday was a week earlier, according to The NPD…
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August 2019: Chicken feathers flew, QSR sales grew
September 11, 2019
Consumer spending on restaurants was up in August this year over last, according to the NPD Group, which said QSRs were the main recipients of the increased…
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QSR plant-based burgers orders spike 10% over last year
July 17, 2019
QSR orders for plant-based burgers shot up 10% this year over last, to a whopping 228 million servings according to new data from the NPD Group. That's a far…
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