Thursday August 10, 2023, 09:57:15
By Mark Kalinowski
The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) data shows that prices for food-at-home (grocery stores and supermarkets) rose by +3.6% in July (sequentially down by -110 basis points from June’s +4.7%). This +3.6% number compares with price for food-away-from-home (restaurants) that increased by +7.1% year-over-year in July (sequentially down by -60 basis points from June’s +7.7%). This marks the fifth month in a row for which restaurant pricing is outpacing grocery/supermarket pricing, following no such months during all of 2022.
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Tuesday July 18, 2023, 09:14:03
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 55.0% in June 2023. This is the best-ever monthly market-share showing for the U.S. restaurant industry, surpassing the previous record of 54.9% from January 2023. This shows that, despite restaurant prices gaining steam at a more meaningful rate than grocery prices as of late, consumers have – at least through the end of June – not meaningfully shifted food dollars back to grocery stores and supermarkets.
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Thursday July 13, 2023, 07:00:00
By Mark Kalinowski
With this report, we update our data-driven Kalinowski Restaurant Industry Index for Q2 2023 to +6.3%. This is stronger than we would have expected three months ago. This +6.3% figure is also slightly more than double the 33-quarter (Q1 2015-Q1 2023) median of +3.0%, suggesting sales trends remain healthy – at least through the end of Q2 – despite multiple large macroeconomic challenges.
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