A new report from The NPD Group showed that climbing restaurant counts got winded in the year ending in March, with independent restaurants closing locations and offsetting what slow
growth in units chain brands showed. NPD Group’s “Spring 2013 ReCount” report found the total count of restaurants in the United States rose by half a percent, while chains increased
count by 1.3% and independents slid.
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