{"id":11549,"date":"2017-02-24T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/premierfoodsafety_OLD\/?p=11549"},"modified":"2017-02-24T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T22:00:00","slug":"quick-service-sales-rebound-fast-casual-slides-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/quick-service-sales-rebound-fast-casual-slides-in-january\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick-Service Sales Rebound, Fast Casual Slides in January"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\ndiv#keypoints {\n  margin-left: 2em; margin-top: 0.5em;\n}\nli#takeaway1, li#takeaway2, li#takeaway3 { \n}\np#quote {\n  background-color: #AFEEEE; color: #333333; padding: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em; font-style:italic;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"richsummary\">\n<p id=\"abstract\">The restaurant industry is bouncing back after a crude end to 2016 the restaurant industry is bouncing back in 2017. January\u2019s jump of 4.3 percentage points was the biggest month-to-month improvement in same-store sales growth in almost four years. Three segments experienced positive sales growth in January: upscale casual, family dining and quick service.<\/p>\n<p>Key Takeaways:<\/p>\n<ul id=\"takeaways\">\n<li id=\"takeaway1\">January\u2019s jump of 4.3 percentage points was the biggest month-to-month improvement in same-store sales growth in almost four years.<\/li>\n<li id=\"takeaway2\">On one hand, it is common to see some large swings in comp sales during the winter, as significant weather events create fluctuating year-over-year comparisons.<\/li>\n<li id=\"takeaway3\">In addition to weather, there were unusual events in January that likely had some impact on restaurant sales. The year started with a federal holiday on January 2, which was unlike 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"quote\">&#8220;January sales declined in fine dining and fast casual. For the first time in over five years, fast casual was the weakest performing segment based on sales growth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"source\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qsrmagazine.com\/news\/quick-service-sales-rebound-fast-casual-slides-january\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.qsrmagazine.com\/news\/quick-service-sales-rebound-fast-casual-slides-january<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The restaurant industry is bouncing back after a crude end to 2016 the restaurant industry is bouncing back in 2017. January\u2019s jump of 4.3 percentage points was the biggest month-to-month improvement in same-store sales growth in almost four years. Three segments experienced positive sales growth in January: upscale casual, family dining and quick service. Key [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8115,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11549"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}