economy

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Atlanta Rankings in U.S. Restaurant & Food Spending!

Bundle looked at U.S. food spending overall, with breakdowns of money spent on groceries and in restaurants. (Click here for a breakdown of U.S. food spending by age range, income, and household status in 2009, and read our story on what it all means.) Above, we examined major U.S. cities spending habits when it comes to […]

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Smart Money & Economic Forecasters Confusion!

A sage observer once noted that if you laid all the economists in the world end-to-end you still couldn’t reach a conclusion. That same statement may be applicable to real estate professionals.  In the past few weeks I’ve been to a half dozen different seminars, panel presentations, peer meetings, networking events etc. You get the idea. […]

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Restaurant Recovery – The Tables Turn!

The Tables Turn By WILLIAM NEUMAN Published: April 14, 2010 On many weeknights last year, in the depths of the recession, Tursi’s Latin King restaurant in Des Moines closed one of its three dining rooms and pared its kitchen to a skeleton crew. Multimedia Graphic Hinting at Recovery Now, all three rooms are open on most nights, […]

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Consumer spending up in March

By Mark Brandau at Nations Restaurant News ATLANTA (April  9, 2010) Consumer spending in the U.S. retail sector, including restaurants, showed its strongest signs yet of recovery last month, according to a Friday report from First Data, a payment card processing firm. In the Atlanta-based company’s “SpendTrend Report” for March of 2010, First Data said […]

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Maybe, the glass is more than half full!

Maybe, the glass is more than half full Hard data about restaurant sales is often hard to come by-most of what we hear is anecdotal (a salesman guesstimating revenues based on the number of cases of tomatoes consumed in a week) or an owner throwing out a number in a casual conversation.. One local source, […]

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Economy begins to Blossom

In our backyard, the first signs of springs are appearing. Bright yellow and purple crocuses, slips of daffodils and the first forming buds of the dogwoods, cherry and azaleas. There is a sense of renewal and a new season to look forward to. Several conversations over the past few days-with a variety of professionals-gives me […]

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