The BlackBox Index for November 2018 is…

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

Earlier today (Thursday, December 6th), we learned that the BlackBox Index of samestore sales for November 2018 was +1.1%, with same-store traffic down by -1.8%.

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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.

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Updating our Q4E18 Kalinowski Casual Dining Same-Store Sales Index

By Mark Kalinowski Published on December 4, 2018 at 12:00 AM

With this report, we update our data-driven Kalinowski Casual Dining Index for Q4E from +1.6% to +2.1%. This 50 basis-point increase is based on our latest proprietary checks/data as regards same-store sales performance so far for this segment during October and the first half of November.

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