NRA’s Restaurant Performance Index Falls Back Into Contraction In October, Cap-Ex Measures Mixed

Weak current sales and traffic pushed the National Restaurant Assn.’s Restaurant Performance Index back into contraction territory in October. The RPI fell 0.7 point to 99.7 as the Current Situation Index dropped 1.9 points to 98.9. The decline occurred even as operators reported being more optimistic about their prospects in six months; the Expectations Index rose…