The NRA’s Restaurant Performance Index Ticked Higher In September, Cap-Ex Indicators Were Basically Flat

The National Restaurant Assn.’s Restaurant Performance Index rose a slight 0.2 point in September but remained in contraction territory at 98.8. It was the second consecutive increase for the RPI, but all eight components of the index continued in contraction, below the 100 level that separates expansion from contraction. That includes the two capital spending…