Restaurant operators reported blended same-store gross sales readings in March, which represented a pointy enchancment from February’s dampened ranges.
Forty-three p.c of restaurant operators stated their same-store gross sales rose between March 2024 and March 2025, in line with the Nationwide Restaurant Affiliation’s month-to-month monitoring survey. That was up from simply 18% of operators who reported larger gross sales in February.
Forty-five p.c of operators stated their gross sales declined in March, down from 63% in February.
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Restaurant operators additionally reported considerably higher site visitors ends in March, however quantity remained detrimental total.
Twenty-nine p.c of operators stated their buyer site visitors rose between March 2024 and March 2025, up from 13% of operators who reported larger site visitors in February.
Fifty-seven p.c of operators stated their site visitors declined in March, down from 66% in February.
