Thursday December 21, 2023, 07:00:00
By Mark Kalinowski
This report looks at same-store sales trends for multiple concepts in the quick-service burger sector, breaking them down into their components (traffic and average check). We do this in large part to see how much traffic is down for some of the major concepts in the restaurant industry, with this report specifically looking at McDonald’s (the largest restaurant concept in the U.S.), Wendy’s (the 5th-largest restaurant concept in the U.S.), and Burger King (the 6th-largest restaurant concept in the U.S.).
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Tuesday December 19, 2023, 07:00:00
By Mark Kalinowski
This report examines historical same-store sales correlations between Starbucks China, Starbucks International, KFC China, Pizza Hut China, and Yum China. These correlations may be helpful in getting a sense of same-store sales trends for Starbucks China (on those occasions when Yum China reports its quarterly earnings before Starbucks does). These correlations may also be helpful in getting a sense for same-store sales trends for Yum China (on those occasions when Starbucks reports its quarterly earnings before Yum China does).
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Thursday December 14, 2023, 09:06:24
By Mark Kalinowski
Data out today from the U.S. Census shows that restaurants’ market share (with grocery stores/supermarkets making up the other component) was 56.0% in November 2023. This sets a new all-time high monthly record market share for the domestic restaurant industry.
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