Articles by FER Edit

In spite of a decent gain in traffic in July, six of the components of the National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Performance Index fell during the…

Major economists remain optimistic about the U.S. economy during the next 18 months, according to the latest consensus forecasts from Blue Chip Economic Indicators. The…

As the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government has predicted for almost two years, the front-loading impact of taxpayers moving capital gains and dividends into…

Restaurant visits were flat in the second quarter compared with the same quarter in 2013, the NPD Group has reported. Still, the performance represents improvement…

Foodservice operators, who have been dealing with strong increases in wholesale food prices, caught a bit of a break in August, according to Producer Price…

Despite slow growth in wages and hours, American consumers are finally beginning to believe their income prospects are improving, according the latest gauge of consumer…

Technomic is continuing its "Technomic Talks" webinar series, launched last year in cooperation with the Int’l. Foodservice Distributors Association. Each 20-minute webinar covers a major…

The National Restaurant Association released its August Restaurant Performance Index report yesterday, just as we went to press. Spurred by stronger same-store sales and customer…

The 50 leading economic forecasting groups polled monthly by Blue Chip Economic Indicators were slightly more optimistic about growth in the U.S. economy over the…

State tax revenues fell 1.7% in the second quarter of 2014 compared with the same period in 2013, according to preliminary data compiled by the…