Buoyed by stronger same-store sales and customer traffic levels, the National Restaurant Association’s (www.restaurant.org) Restaurant Performance Index (RPI) topped the 100 mark in September for the first time in three months.
The RPI – a monthly composite index that tracks the health of and outlook for the U.S. restaurant industry – stood at 100.1 in September, up 0.7 percent from August and its highest level since June.
