Topical Restaurant Trends

Monthly Second Helping: Another Serving of Restaurant Intelligence

Your go-to resource for the topical issues facing and impacting the restaurant industry.

Hungry for more? To accompany our Out of the Box series (which explores top line performance metrics), we also serve up fresh insights on one key trend reshaping the restaurant world each month. Make sense of the noise, one issue at a time.

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May 2025: Why US Immigration Policy Affects Consumer Spend: Shifts Impacting Restaurants

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A purple-toned collage of restaurant guest checks overlaid with financial stock charts and graphs, illustrating What Inflation Means for the Restaurant Industry by blending themes of dining and economics.

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April 2025: What Inflation Means for the Restaurant Industry

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An overhead view of various Indian dishes, including curries, rice, grilled meats, and fried snacks, arranged on plates and bowls—perfect for sharing as Weather Affects Restaurant Traffic in Q1 of 2025.

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March 2025: How Weather Affects Restaurant Traffic in Q1 of 2025

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February 2025: The Truth About Price in Restaurant Reviews

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Three friends sit at a restaurant table, smiling and enjoying food and drinks together. One person holds a slice of pizza, another holds a fry—capturing the joy of legacy casual dining before its decline.

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January 2025: Legacy or Liability? How Casual Dining Icons Are Fighting to Stay Relevant

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Four friends sit around a table at a cozy café enjoying breakfast; a smiling waitress serves food while the group discusses Traffic Decline by Daypart over drinks and plates of pastries and fruit, sharing a cheerful moment.

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December 2024: Analyzing Long-Term Traffic Decline And How it Breaks Down by Daypart

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