Thursday August 22, 2024, 07:00:00

Restaurants: The Next 53-Week Fiscal Years for 30 Restaurant Companies

By Mark Kalinowski

In this report, we look at the specific fiscal year-ends for 30 restaurant companies, and note when the next 53-week fiscal year will be for many of them.

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Tuesday August 20, 2024, 07:00:00

Quick-Service: Same-Store Sales Correlations for McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Burger King, and Jack in the Box

By Mark Kalinowski

In this report, we look at the correlations for McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Burger King, and Jack in the Box in terms of their respective domestic same-store sales. This should help answer questions such as, “When McDonald’s sales go down, does that tend to be a good sign, or a bad sign, for the same-store sales trends of Wendy’s?”

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Thursday August 15, 2024, 09:07:08

Restaurants’ Growth in Market Share During July 2024 the Worst Since February 2021

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 55.8% in July 2024. Putting a silver lining on it, this 55.8% figure is only -50 basis points below the all-time monthly record. However, it’s up by only +10 basis points year-over-year. This is the smallest year-over-year market-share gain for the restaurant industry since it gave up -710 basis points of share in a pandemic-affected February 2021 (which lapped a pre-pandemic February 2020).

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