Updating our Q1 Kalinowski Casual Dining Same-Store Sales Index (3/18/2024)
With this report, we update our data-driven Kalinowski Casual Dining Index for Q1 to -0.1%. This is the one-year figure, lapping the -13.3% number from Q1 2020, the +9.8% figure from Q1 2021, the +18.9% figure from Q1 2022, and the +8.3% number from Q1 2023. On a five-year (pre-pandemic) basis, the Kalinowski Casual Dining Index for Q1 is at +22.4%. These numbers are based on our latest proprietary checks/data as regards same-store sales performance for this segment during January, February, and early-to-mid March.