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This is great news for everyone and it’s the kind of article we are seeing more and more. I think it’s a tribute to entrepreneurs and restaurant managers in all concepts. From innovative menu restructuring to creative customer development restauranteurs have weathered the storm and have reason to celebrate. Read entire article
The latest National Restaurant Association survey of operators showed that although same-store sales remained negative in July, restaurateurs reported an improvement from June’s soft performance. In addition, more operators reported a positive future economic outlook than had three months earlier.
The optimism moved the NRA Restaurant Performance Index, or RPI, to its first gain in three months. The association’s RPI — a monthly composite index that tracks the health of and outlook for the U.S. restaurant industry — stood at 98.1 in July, up 0.3 percent from its June level, according to a report released Monday by the Washington, D.C.-based NRA
Many times I’ve been shopping and had the clerk look at me strangely when I paid my bill in cash. Better yet, buy an expensive item and put $5K cash on the counter and people think you are a drug dealer! It says something about our country when cash is the exception not the norm…and our National Debt is up to what now!
Just when restaurants are starting to recover from the economy they have to post the calorie count on all items on their menu. A TGIF appetizer with 3330 calories!
Frankly I’m tired of the government thinking they have to “take care of us”. We can’t decide for ourselves if we should wear a seat belt – the government has to decide and punish us with a fine if we don’t obey. Now the government feels like they have to fix the obesity in the country. We pitiful humans cannot be responsible for ourselves. We are unable to make decisions about what we want to eat, about what we want to weigh, the government has to mandate controls which they feel will “help the severe obesity problem in this country”. Why can’t we take responsibility for our own actions without always blaming others.
