"Recovery" is a misnomer for the current state of the restaurant industry, asserts Technomic VP Joe Pawlak. While there are signs of slowing in restaurant industry sales declines, actual return
to growth is going to be a long haul, in the estimation of Technomic VP Joe Pawlak. Referring to the industry's slightly less negative trends as "recovery" is accurate only in the
sense of "moving a patient from critical to serious condition," he contended in a viewpoint column.
