Wednesday November 28, 2018, 00:00:00

Update Regarding the Q4E Kalinowski QuickService Other Same-Store Sales Index

By Mark Kalinowski

With our channel checks for October and the first half of November complete, we retain our +2.2% number for Q4E as regards the data-driven Kalinowski Quick-Service Other Index.

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Monday November 26, 2018, 00:00:00

Updating our Q4E18 Kalinowski Quick-Service Pizza Same-Store Sales Index

By Mark Kalinowski

With this report, we update our data-driven Kalinowski Quick-Service Pizza Index for Q4E from +0.3% to +1.2%. This 90 basis-point increase is based on our latest proprietary checks/data as regards same-store sales performance so far for this segment during September and the first half of October.

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Sunday November 25, 2018, 00:00:00

Tidbits re PZZA, Taco Bell (owned by YUM), and Minimum Wage Laws

By Mark Kalinowski

We briefly note the following tidbits regarding Papa John’s (PZZA; Buy), Taco Bell (owned by Yum Brands [YUM; Buy]), and minimum-wage laws:

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