Was 2025 “good” or “bad”? Demand held, traffic didn’t Black Box Intelligence’s monthly benchmarks captured the pattern: mid-year same-store sales growth ran above 2% in July and August, with traffic hovering near flat. But by November, sales growth stalled at 0.0%...
Food and beverage operators don’t need another reminder that margins are thin. What’s changed is how many cost drivers have become unpredictable at the same time including ingredients, packaging, equipment parts, and labor. All this making it harder to forecast,...
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