Restaurants: The BlackBox Index for January 2021 Shows Stimulus Benefits
By Ryan D. Lavender
Published on February 11, 2021 at 5:15 PM
Earlier today (Thursday, February 11th) we learned that the BlackBox Index of same-store sales for January 2021 was down by -4.9%, with same-store traffic off by -12.2%. The -4.9% figure is +840 basis points better than the -13.3% number for December 2020, and +550 basis points better than the -10.3% figure for Q4 2020 as a whole.