Restaurant Industry Tracking Survey December 2011 | Washington ...

February 8, 2012

Washington restaurant operators reported softer same-store sales and traffic results in December, as compared to the national average. Forty-nine percent of Washington respondents reported higher same store sales in December, while 22 percent reported a sales decline. On the national level, 69 percent of operators reported a sales gain in December, while 18 percent reported lower sales. RESTAURANT INDUSTRY TRACKING SURVEY RESULTS: JANUARY 2012

Sales and Traffic Same store sales Dec. 2011 vs Dec. 2010	Food Costs and Menu Pricing Average food costs: Dec. 2011 vs Dec. 2010
Higher 49% Lower 22% About the same 30%	Higher 63% Lower 10% About the same 27%
Same store customer traffic Dec. 2011 vs Dec. 2010	Menu Pricing: Dec. 2011 vs Dec. 2010
Higher 40% Lower 24% About the same 36%	Higher 43% Lower 1% About the same 56%
Sales expectations in six months vs previous year	Capital Spending: Made a capital expense in the past 3 months
Higher 42% Lower 21% About the same 37%	Yes 28% No 72%
Employees and Hours Number of Employees: Dec. 2011 vs Dec. 2010	Plan to make a capital expenditure in the next six months
Higher 34% Lower 16% About the same 51%	Yes 41% No 60%
Employee Hours: Dec. 2011 vs Dec. 2010	General Business Conditions Outlook for general business conditions for six months from now
Higher 23% Lower 39% About the same 39%	Better 35% Worse 15% About the same 50%
Staffing expectations in 6 months vs previous year
Higher 10% Lower 23% About the same 67%

Source: http://www.wrahome.com/uncategorized/restaurantindustrytrackingsurveydecember2011/

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