By Mark Kalinowski
Published on February 26, 2019 at 12:00 AM
With this report, we introduce our data-driven Kalinowski Quick-Service Burger Index for Q1E of +2.5%. This figure is based on our latest proprietary checks/data as regards same-store sales performance for this segment during January 2019 and the first half of February 2019.
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By Mark Kalinowski
Published on February 7, 2019 at 12:00 AM
Earlier today (Thursday, February 7th), we learned that the BlackBox Index of samestore sales for January 2019 was +2.0%, with same-store traffic down by -0.7%. The +2.0% showing for January 2019 matches the +2.0% number from December 2018, which had been the best monthly number since August 2015. The January 2019 showing is particularly welcome given that mid-to-late January was likely negatively impacted by the recent so-called “Polar Vortex.”
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By Mark Kalinowski
Published on January 29, 2019 at 12:00 AM
With this report, we raise our data-driven Kalinowski Restaurant Industry Index for Q4E from +1.9% to +2.6%. This 70 basis-point increase is based on our latest proprietary checks/data as regards same-store sales performance for each of the constituent segments during the second half of November and all of December. December in particular seems to have been especially robust for publicly-traded restaurant concepts’ same-store sales.
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