Restaurants The BlackBox Index for September 2020 Shows More Rebound

By Mark Kalinowski Published on October 8, 2020 at 12:00 AM

Earlier today (Thursday, October 8th), we learned that the BlackBox Index of samestore sales for September 2020 was down by -8.1%, with same-store traffic down by -14.6%. The -8.1% figure is +420 basis points better than the August 2020 number of -12.3%, which itself was +280 basis points better than the July 2020 number of -15.1%.

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Updating our Q3E Kalinowski Casual Dining Same-Store Sales Index

By Mark Kalinowski Published on October 7, 2020 at 12:00 AM

With this report, we update our data-driven Kalinowski Casual Dining Index for Q3E to -19.6%. This figure is based on our latest proprietary checks/data as regards same-store sales performance for this segment during July, August, and September. Our implied numbers for these three months are about -24%, -19%, and -16%, respectively.

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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.

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