Encouraging news keeps coming for restaurant operators. Same-store sales were up 2 percent in January as the industry posted its eighth consecutive month of positive growth. January matched December’s growth, making those the best two months of industry same-store sales growth in more than three years.

These insights come from TDn2K’s Black Box Intelligence™ data, based on weekly sales from restaurant chains representing more than 31,000 locations, more than 170 brands and nearly $72 billion in annual sales.

The insights from the data gathered by Black Box Intelligence include:

• Information on Same-Store Traffic
• Consumer Spending
• Sales Information by Operator Category

For further details, read more at Nation’s Restaurant News