Restaurants: BlackBox Index for Feb. 2021 Could be Last Negative for a While

By Ryan D. Lavender Published on March 11, 2021 at 4:37 PM

Earlier today (Thursday, March 11th), we learned that the BlackBox Index of samestore sales for February 2021 was down by -12.6%, with same-store traffic off by -19.1%. The -12.6% figure is 770 basis points sequentially worse than the January 2021 index number of -4.9%.

Restaurants: The BlackBox Index for January 2021 Shows Stimulus Benefits

By Ryan D. Lavender Published on February 11, 2021 at 5:15 PM

Earlier today (Thursday, February 11th) we learned that the BlackBox Index of same-store sales for January 2021 was down by -4.9%, with same-store traffic off by -12.2%. The -4.9% figure is +840 basis points better than the -13.3% number for December 2020, and +550 basis points better than the -10.3% figure for Q4 2020 as a whole.