Updating our Q4E19 Kalinowski Restaurant Industry Same-Store Sales Index (Again)

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.

Tidbits re MCD, DIN, and the Kalinowski Restaurant Industry Index

By Mark Kalinowski Published on December 17, 2018 at 12:00 AM

We briefly note the following tidbits regarding McDonald’s (MCD; Buy), Applebee’s/ Dine Brands (DIN; Buy), and the Kalinowski Restaurant Industry Index:

Updating our Q4E18 Kalinowski Restaurant Industry Same-Store Sales Index

By Mark Kalinowski Published on December 6, 2018 at 12:00 AM

With this report, we update our data-driven Kalinowski Restaurant Industry Index for Q4E from +1.9% to +2.0%. This ten basis-point increase is based on our latest proprietary checks/data as regards same-store sales performance so far for each of the constituent segments during October and the first half of November.