In spite (or maybe because of) of appalling weather in February, restaurant performance was far from appalling, as the industry posted its eighth consecutive month of positive same-store sales growth. The first quarter of 2015 is lining up to be the third consecutive quarter in which the industry has achieved positive same-store sales growth, per TDn2K’s Black Box Intelligence. Same-store sales rose 2.1% in February, a 4% drop from the growth rate reported for January.