Updating our Q4E Kalinowski Fine Dining Same-Store Sales Index

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

With this report, we update our data-driven Kalinowski Fine Dining Index for Q4E to -28.8%. This figure is based on our latest proprietary checks/data as regards samestore sales performance for this segment during October and November. Our implied numbers for this October, November, and December are approximately -25%, -28%, and -33%, respectively.

Updating our Q3E Kalinowski Restaurant Industry Same-Store Sales Index

By Mark Kalinowski Published on October 14, 2020 at 12:00 AM

With this report, we update our data-driven Kalinowski Restaurant Industry Index for Q3E to -2.3%. Given all of the upheaval of the last six months, this is a number that should be considered favorably, even though it is in negative territory. It marks substantial sequential improvement from Q2 2020’s -17.5% figure, and is even better than Q1 2020’s -3.3% showing.

Updating our Q3E Kalinowski Fine Dining Same-Store Sales Index

By Mark Kalinowski Published on September 28, 2020 at 12:00 AM

With this report, we update our data-driven Kalinowski Fine Dining Index for Q3E to -36.3%. 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 -40% for July 2020, -35% for August 2020, and -30% for September 2020.