Retail Foodservice Sales Made It Back To Pre-Pandemic Levels In June

Retail sales of food services and drinking places, as the Census Bureau calls them, rose 2.3% in June over May, reaching $70.6 billion seasonally adjusted. Most significantly, the monthly sales were a new record, exceeding February 2020’s sales by $4.4 billion, or 6.6% above that pre-pandemic benchmark. Census Bureau: Retail Sales 06-21; NRA: Retail FS…