
Restaurant Industry
Updating our Q3 Kalinowski Casual Dining Same-Store Sales Index (9/29/2026)
With this report, we update our data-driven Kalinowski Casual Dining Index for Q3 to +4.2%. On a pre-pandemic basis (compared to Q3 2019), the Kalinowski Casual Dining Index for Q3 2026 is at +36.2%. These numbers are based on our latest proprietary checks/data as regards same-store sales performance for this segment during July, August, and September.



