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Restaurant Industry
Mark Kalinowski

Chick-fil-A Sets New AUV Record for its Non-Satellite, Non-Mall Franchised Restaurants

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 likely simply a matter of time before it gets there.

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Restaurant Industry
Mark Kalinowski

Updating our Q1 Kalinowski Family Dining Same-Store Sales Index

With this report, we update our data-driven Kalinowski Family Dining Index for Q1 to +9.1%. This is the one-year figure, lapping the -15.7% number from Q1 2020, the -1.2% figure from Q1 2021, and the +19.5% number from Q1 2022. Comparing to Q1 2019 levels — a four-year (pre-pandemic) basis — the Kalinowski Family Dining Index for Q1 2023 is at +8.5%. This is the lowest such number of any major U.S. restaurant industry segment. Our latest 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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Restaurant Industry
Mark Kalinowski

Updating our Q1 Kalinowski Quick-Service Pizza Same-Store Sales Index

With this report, we update our data-driven Kalinowski Quick-Service Pizza Index for Q1 to +2.7%. This is the one-year figure, lapping the -0.3% number from Q1 2020, the +17.2% figure from Q1 2021, and the -3.1% number from Q1 2022. Comparing to Q1 2019 levels — a four-year (pre-pandemic) basis — the Kalinowski Quick-Service Pizza Index for Q1 2023 is at +16.2%. So, not only does the quick-service pizza have the lowest one-year same-store sales figure for Q1 2023, it also has the second-lowest four-year number for Q1 2023 (ahead of only the family dining segment). Our +2.7% figure is 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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Domino's Pizza, Inc. (DPZ)
Mark Kalinowski

DPZ: Domino’s Raises its U.S. Technology Transaction Fee

In some years, Domino’s U.S. updates its Technology Transaction Fee. This is the amount Domino’s domestic franchisees are charged for each digital transaction, and in 2022 it was raised to $0.295 per digital order. This was up from $0.275 per digital order in 2021 (a year-to-year increase of +2.0 cents per digital order).

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Restaurant Industry
Mark Kalinowski

Updating our Q1 Kalinowski Quick-Service Burger Same-Store Sales Index

With this report, we update our data-driven Kalinowski Quick-Service Burger Index for Q1 to +10.1%. This is the one-year figure, lapping the -1.1% number from Q1 2020, the +13.0% figure from Q1 2021, and the +2.3% number from Q1 2022. Comparing to Q1 2019 levels — a four-year (pre-pandemic) basis — the Kalinowski Quick-Service Burger Index for Q1 2023 is at +25.9%. These numbers are based on our latest proprietary checks/data as regards same-store sales performance for this segment during January, February, and most of March.

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