Consumer spending at restaurants failed to pick up this summer, despite relative consumer optimism in the late spring. Kurt Salmon's most recent consumer confidence analysis suggests a continued slide into the fall.
"This could mean a repeat of the 2008 holiday season, when restaurant sales defied a usual uptick during the final months of the year," said Kurt Salmon's Todd Hooper.

SOURCE Kurt Salmon Associates
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