date:Dec 19, 2012
staurants in the summer they chosequick fast food outlets, which saw their traffic gains onepercent, according to NPD's CREST, which continually andrigorously tracks the foodservice industry based on consumerreporting of over 400,000 visits to foodservice outlets a year.
Fast food/quick service, coffee/donut/bagel, fast casual, retail,and Mexican chain concepts all fared especially well in thesummer months. Yet visits to hamburger fast food places, whichhad been an industry driver in recent qu