Sales Trends

This post is part of the On the Margin blog. Restaurant sales have been weak in 2016. Unsurprisingly, so have stock prices. The NRN Restaurant Index has risen just under 3 percent year to date. While that might be considered positive, it’s ...

This exclusive series to Nation's Restaurant News provides insight into the sales and traffic data from clients subscribing to Black Box Intelligence, a financial performance benchmarking company. The views expressed here do not necessarily...

This post is part of the On the Margin blog. Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. has built a reputation over the years for being an atypical restaurant company. Bill Ackman is about to find out that it’ll be an atypical target for an activist investor...

Operator lowers guidance for full-year same-store sales

Capital expenditures remain strong, boosting NRA performance index in July

Same-store sales improve in August, while activist continues to push for changes

Forget breakfast, kids meals generate huge revenue for the burger giant

This post is part of the On the Margin blog. It’s not easy being the CEO of a publicly traded company, especially a restaurant operator, at least if you don’t consider the seven-plus figure paychecks many of them receive. Their tenures are ...

Chains work feverishly to reverse traffic declines, but it may be a losing battle

This post is part of the On the Margin blog. We recently asked Jeff Garrett why sales are up at his soon-to-be-10-unit California-based family- dining chain Lumberjacks. One of his explanations surprised us a bit: Patience. Specifically, hi...