Updating our Q2E19 Kalinowski Quick-Service Pizza Same-Store Sales Index

By Mark Kalinowski Published on May 14, 2019 at 12:00 AM

With this report, we update our data-driven Kalinowski Quick-Service Pizza Index for Q2E by +40 basis points, to +1.7%. This figure is based on our latest proprietary checks/data as regards same-store sales performance for this segment during April 2019 and the beginning of May 2019.

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Updating our Q2E19 Kalinowski Quick-Service Burger Same-Store Sales Index

By Mark Kalinowski Published on May 13, 2019 at 12:00 AM

With this report, we increase our data-driven Kalinowski Quick-Service Burger Index for Q2E by +100 basis points to +3.3%. This figure is based on our latest proprietary checks/data as regards same-store sales performance for this segment during April 2019 and the beginning of May 2019.

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The BlackBox Index for April 2019 Disappoints, But…

By Mark Kalinowski Published on May 9, 2019 at 12:00 AM

Earlier today (Thursday, May 9th), we learned that the BlackBox Index of same-store sales for April 2019 declined by -0.4%, with same-store traffic down by -3.5%. The -0.4% showing for April 2019 marks the second-worst showing of the last 12 months, and marks meaningful sequential deceleration from the +1.2% figure attained in March 2019.

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