date:Dec 19, 2012
Restaurant sales in the United States have turned weak this yearafter a promising start, according to the NPD Group, a globalmarket information service.
Summer (July, August and September) 2012 restaurant visits wereflat compared to same period last year, according to NPD'sfoodservice market research. They were up two percent in Augustand then declined in September. NPD forecast that the restaurantindustry will end 2012 with visits flat and spending up two percent.
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