Updating our Q3E Kalinowski Family Dining Same-Store Sales Index

By Mark Kalinowski Published on September 23, 2020 at 12:00 AM

With this report, we update our data-driven Kalinowski Family Dining Index for Q3E to -29.0%. This figure is based on our latest proprietary checks/data as regards samestore sales performance for this segment during July 2020 and August 2020, as well as our best guess for what September 2020 is bringing us. The approximate monthly figures we use are -35% for July 2020, -29% for August 2020, and -25% for September 2020.

BlackBox Implications for Restaurant Industry Same-Store Sales

By Mark Kalinowski Published on March 5, 2020 at 12:00 AM

This is the final report in our series of reports showing the correlation between the widely-watched BlackBox Index — which aggregates same-store sales from 175+ restaurant concepts representing $75 billion in domestic systemwide sales — with various publicly-traded restaurant concepts’ same-store sales.

The BlackBox Index for May 2019 is…

By Mark Kalinowski Published on June 6, 2019 at 12:00 AM

Earlier today (Thursday, June 6th), we learned that the BlackBox Index of same-store sales for May 2019 increased by +1.1%, with same-store traffic down by -2.1%. The +1.1% showing for May 2019 tied for the 6th-best showing of the last 12 months, and evinces 150 basis points worth of sequential improvement from April 2019’s -0.4% decline.