NRA’s RPI Rose Moderately In July, Still Deep In Recession; Cap-Ex Measures Improved

The National Restaurant Assn.’s Restaurant Performance Index has been creeping back from the bottom it hit in April. The index rose another 0.7 points in July (the survey was conducted during August) thanks to gains in the current same-store sales and traffic indexes, which rose 1.8 and 2.5 points respectively. But seven of the RPI’s…