Foodservice Retail Sales Fell Again In January As Omicron Took Bite Of Sales And Traffic

It’s clear now: The recovery of restaurants from the pandemic recession has stalled. Nominal dollar sales, seasonally adjusted, fell to $72 billion in January, the third month of lower sales in the past four. In menu-price adjusted terms the numbers are even worth (see NRA chart). The problem in January, in addition to the usual…