NPD Says - Restaurant Traffic To NOT Keep Pace With Population Increase
Interesting report that focuses on the aging population and how that segment uses restaurants less than other age groups - more insights at the link - http://www.restaurantnews.com/us-restaurant-traffic-will-grow-less-than-population-growth-over-next-decade-reports-npd
No tipping, quality food - Fast Casual Establishes Itself as Niche Restaurant Category, According to Mintel - http://www.restaurantnews.com/fast-casual-establishes-itself-as-niche-restaurant-category-according-to-mintel/ is the real question when will the `casual’ restaurants - with tipping - change their business model? Will waiters and waitresses soon be `salaried employees’?
Firehouse CEO: Sites Thriving - http://www.swtimes.com/business/article_470f9536-aaca-11df-b0f2-001cc4c002e0.html - Comps are UP.
More aggressive price point focus of the new normal - Luby’s Introduces All You Can Eat Breakfast for Only $4.99 - http://www.restaurantnewsrelease.com/lubys-introduces-all-you-can-eat-breakfast-for-only-4-99/853387/ - and, as you know, the only segment growing is Breakfast.
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