As the industry lapped over the first month of the pandemic in 2020 where sales plummeted more than 30%, same-store sales growth skyrocketed to 62.3% year over year. For an industry that was among the hardest hit it is most encouraging that, even on a 2-year comparison, restaurant same-store sales had growth of 1.8%. Not surprisingly, the first time in over a year that the industry has seen positive 2-year same-store sales growth.

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