Monday April 8, 2024, 07:00:00
By Mark Kalinowski
With this report, we update our data-driven Kalinowski Quick-Service Burger Index for Q1 to +1.9%. This is the one-year figure, lapping the -1.1% number from Q1 2020, the +13.0% figure from Q1 2021, the +2.3% number from Q1 2022, and the +11.0% result from Q1 2023. Comparing to Q1 2019 levels — a five-year (pre-pandemic) basis — the Kalinowski Quick-Service Burger Index for Q1 2024 is at +29.3%. These numbers are based on our latest proprietary checks/data as regards same-store sales performance for this segment during January, February, and March.
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Monday April 8, 2024, 07:00:00
By Mark Kalinowski
With this report, we update our data-driven Kalinowski Quick-Service Burger Index for Q1 to +1.9%. This is the one-year figure, lapping the -1.1% number from Q1 2020, the +13.0% figure from Q1 2021, the +2.3% number from Q1 2022, and the +11.0% result from Q1 2023. Comparing to Q1 2019 levels — a five-year (pre-pandemic) basis — the Kalinowski Quick-Service Burger Index for Q1 2024 is at +29.3%. These numbers are based on our latest proprietary checks/data as regards same-store sales performance for this segment during January, February, and March.
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Thursday April 4, 2024, 15:15:24
By Mark Kalinowski
We continue to hear that privately-held Chick-fil-A — the 3rd-largest U.S. restaurant concept — targets $10 million average unit volumes (AUVs) for its traditional (non-satellite, non-mall) restaurants. And, given the concept’s distinct advantages — such as great in-store technology — it is looking like that target might be met in the not-too-distant future.
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