Restaurant Operators’ Fortunes Improve In Canada, But Are Still Net Negative

Restaurants Canada released its quarterly Restaurant Outlook Survey for 3Q/19 and the market in Canada continues to be very soft with more survey respondents, 35%, reporting lower same-store sales vs. 3Q/18, than report increase, 29%. But the differential compared to 2Q/19 was narrower, when 40% reported lower sales and 27% higher sales (The percentages do…