Despite perhaps the worst economic climate since the Great Depression, the National Restaurant Association expects Texas to lead the country with a 4 percent increase in restaurant sales this year.
Though this year’s outlook for the restaurant industry is pretty dark, the Lone Star state’s future is looking bright. The National Restaurant Association (NRA) projects Texas will lead the country in restaurant sales growth, with a solid 4 percent increase in current dollars in 2009. Battered by an economy in recession, the industry as a whole is expected to post only a sluggish sales gain of 2.5 percent in current dollars and a second-straight year of real-sales decline.
“Texas remains a bright spot in this sea of challenges,†says Hudson Riehle, senior vice president of the NRA’s research and information services division. Read on…
