According to NPD Group, the U.S. restaurant industry is stuck in neutral. Restaurant traffic remained at approximately 61 billion visits in the year ended
May 2014, which was flat compared to the prior year. The firm said traffic is still below pre-recession traffic volume levels by nearly 1.3 billion visits. NPD's long-range forecast shows little
traffic growth — less than 1% — over the next several years.
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