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“Mark Kalinowski has his finger on the pulse of the restaurant business like no other Wall Street analyst… he has broken more news about McDonald’s than the reporters assigned to the beat… Kalinowski rolls up his sleeves, dives in and brings important news to the surface for clients”

-Huffington Post

 

“The Burger King with accurate predictions… The Big Mac of predicting the company’s [McDonald’s] sales.”

-The Wall Street Journal

 

Lead Analyst:

 
 

Mark Kalinowski
PRESIDENT & CEO

Kalinowski Equity Research LLC provides its clients with value-added, forward-looking information that helps them make informed decisions about restaurant-stock investing.

Restaurant Industry
Mark Kalinowski

Updating our Q3 Kalinowski Quick-Service Other Same-Store Sales Index

With this report, we update our data-driven Kalinowski Quick-Service Other Index for Q3 to +4.5%. This is the one-year figure, lapping the +7.5% number from Q3 2020, the +3.0% figure from Q3 2021, and the +4.5% number from Q3 2022. Comparing to Q3 2019 levels — a four-year (pre-pandemic) basis — the Kalinowski Quick-Service Other Index for Q3 2023 is at +21.0%. These numbers are based on our latest proprietary checks/data as regards same-store sales performance for this segment during July, August, and early-to-mid September.

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Restaurant Industry
Mark Kalinowski

Updating our Q3 Kalinowski Family Dining Same-Store Sales Index

With this report, we update our data-driven Kalinowski Family Dining Index for Q3 to +2.1%. This is the one-year figure, lapping the -28.2% number from Q3 2020, the +40.3% figure from Q3 2021, and the +3.9% number from Q3 2022. Comparing to Q3 2019 levels — a four-year (pre-pandemic) basis — the Kalinowski Family Dining Index for Q3 2023 is at +6.8%. This is the lowest such number of any major U.S. restaurant industry segment. Our latest numbers are based on our latest proprietary checks/data as regards same-store sales performance for this segment during July, August, and early-to-mid September.

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