TL;DR
Same-store sales were flat in June, with quick-service and casual-dining concepts struggling to bring in customers, according to the MillerPulse survey. Same-store sales growth has been below 1 percent every month this year but February.
Same-store sales were flat in June, according to the latest monthly MillerPulse survey, as both quick-service and casual-dining concepts struggled to bring customers in the door.
Same-store sales were flat for quick-service concepts and down 0.1 percent for casual-dining chains.
Yet traffic fell 1.9 percent for the month, the worst performance for the industry since the weather-hampered month of January 2014.
The results continue a surprising turn for the worse the industry has taken in 2016. Same-store sales growth has been below 1 percent every month this year but February, which had an extra day.
Quick-service traffic fell 1.3 percent in June, the third straight month of declines after a winter in which chains like McDonald’s Corp., The Wendy’s Co. and Burger King competed aggressively on price to get more customers.
Casual-dining traffic fell 2.5 percent. That was the worst traffic number for casual dining since February 2014.
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This story was originally published in 1851 Franchise on July 20, 2016. Burnaze summarizes and links to the original reporting.
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