U.S. restaurant sales to reach record $863B in 2019, NRA says
By Sara Shaw • April 10, 2019
U.S. restaurant industry sales will reach a record high of $863 billion this year, up 3.6% over last year, according to a report released today by the National Restaurant Association.
Moderate sales growth means more restaurant operators will focus on getting additional, incremental sales and traffic gains, Riehle said, and they are turning to technologies to help.
“There’s a whole new variety of different venues by which typical operators can explore the application of technology against their operation to increase productivity and efficiency,” said Hudson Riehle, the Nation’s Restaurant Association’s senior vice president of the research and knowledge group, with applications for back-of-house and front-of-house efficiencies as well as externally with consumer-facing engagement tools.