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Restaurant Spend Rises In Q1
- Nation's Restaurant News, Thursday, June 26, 2014 9:45 AM
Despite a first-quarter decrease in traffic, the restaurant industry in the United States recorded a 1.7% increase in total consumer spending for the first three months of the year, lagging the growth of many other major markets, The NPD Group found. The growth came from an increase in the industry-wide average check to $6.62 per person, offsetting a total first-quarter decline in traffic of about 1%, notes the firm.
