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title: "QSR Magazine: Restaurant Sales Spring to Life in March"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/b7e26508-cdac-481c-a226-d09590c20c1e
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/qsr-magazine-restaurant-sales-spring-to-life-in-march-2706274
category: "QSR"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "QSR"
published: 2018-04-13T18:13:26.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:09:23.858Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/8f8f6368c9604f62f45313e6ed6e96b06151.jpg
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# QSR Magazine: Restaurant Sales Spring to Life in March

**TL;DR:** Restaurant sales increased by 0.8 percent in March, the best month since October 2017, according to TDn2K. TDn2K's industry snapshot gathers data from weekly sales of more than 30,000 restaurant units that are parts of over 170 brands.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-04-13. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/qsr-magazine-restaurant-sales-spring-to-life-in-march-2706274).*

## Story

While the restaurant industry got off to a shaky start this year, March results are showing that there’s hope for growth ahead. According to TDn2K’s March industry snapshot—as referenced in a recent article by QSR Magazine—the industry saw same-store sales jump by 0.8 percent last month. That’s the best month since October 2017.

In a statement cited by QSR, Victor Fernandez, TDn2K’s executive director of insights and knowledge, said, “Since the end of last year, we have been cautiously optimistic about what we believe is a strengthening in restaurant performance and increased consumer spending fueled by solid economic conditions. Even if the first two months of the year were soft, we believed there were external factors that overshadowed some underlying momentum.”

TDn2K’s industry snapshot gathers data from weekly sales of more than 30,000 restaurant units that are parts of over 170 brands.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- QSR Magazine (publication)
- industry growth (topic)
- restaurant sales (topic)
- market research (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/qsr-magazine-restaurant-sales-spring-to-life-in-march-2706274). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/b7e26508-cdac-481c-a226-d09590c20c1e).