US restaurants business steadily warmed up since the darkest days of the COVID-19 pandemic in April until the recent surge in cases put eating out on a backburner, according to a new report from NPD Group.
Customer transactions at major restaurant chains dipped to -13% year over year for the week ending June 21, the market research company said. That compares with -12% YOY for the week prior.
"This is the first time since the week ending April 12 there has not been an improvement in the year-over-year trend," NPD Group said in its report.
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