NPD Sees Continued Flat Traffic On the Horizon For 2019 And Beyond

Speaking of the outlook for restaurant traffic in 2019, the NPD Group’s V.P. and food industry analyst David Portalain told Nation’s Restaurant News recently that “It will continue to be tough.” The consumer research firm, whose foodservice practice is based in Rosemont, Ill., predicts 2018 (sic) will be another year of flat commercial foodservice visits,…