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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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All BBI Monthly Second Helping Content (in Order of Most Recent)

Bar chart comparing 2025 baseline to average weekly performance since March 2026 for four restaurant segments: Quick Service, Fast Casual, Family Dining, and Casual Dining. Despite higher gas prices impacting the restaurant industry overall, Quick Service shows the most improvement.
Restaurant Insights & Research
What BBI Data Tells Us About: Restaurant Traffic During the War’s Gas Price Surge
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Graph showing minimum wage increases across 22 states in 2025.
Restaurant Insights & Research
What BBI Data Tells Us About: Minimum Wage and Turnover 
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A bottle and box of "GLP-1 Formula Oral Capsules" from Generic Pharmacy are shown. Packaging mentions metabolic support, weight management support, and daily digestive support. Two capsules are in front.
Restaurant Insights & Research
What BBI Data Tells Us About How GLP-1 Adoption Affects the Restaurant Industry
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Line graph showing same-store traffic growth (%) versus average gas price ($). Traffic growth, including restaurant popularity in holidays, declines as gas prices rise, dropping sharply above $3.50 and reaching -2.9% at $3.80.
Restaurant Insights & Research
What BBI Data Tells Us About: How High Gas Prices Affect the Restaurant Industry
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A map of the United States highlights eight cities with most at-risk units for 2025 peak sales, reflecting how factors like restaurant popularity in holidays may impact Fresno-Visalia, Harlingen, Tulsa, and others on the list.
Restaurant Insights & Research
What BBI Data Tells Us About: Unit Closures In 2026
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Six colorful icons capture a person with a heart, a person in a tie, an Easter egg, a heart with an arrow, a jack-o'-lantern, a chicken drumstick, and two clinking glasses—reflecting restaurant popularity in holidays.
Restaurant Insights & Research
What BBI Data Tells Us About: Which Holidays Are Popular for Each Restaurant Segment
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