Restaurant Trends: January 2022 Category Industry Trends
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US Quick-Service Trends

As we enter a new year, this month’s report will provide an overview of Quick-Service restaurants (QSR) in 2021. To best assess the performance of QSRs in the US, we compared 2021 sales, traffic and average check trends to 2019.

  • In December 2021, average check was up 22% compared to the same period in 2019. Sales were up 8%.
  • Traffic trends in December remained below 2019, at -11%.

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