For the First Time, Restaurants Beat out Grocery Stores

Image Caption: Image Credit: Restaurants exceed grocery store sales for first time ever, says NRA.Exclusive Brief: 0Monthly sales at restaurants exceeded grocery stores sales for the first time on record, according to the National Restaurant Association (NRA).
In his latest Economist’s Notebook commentary, the NRA’s chief economist Bruce Grindy broke down industry sales trends.
For the first time on record in December, monthly sales at restaurants exceeded grocery stores sales