date:Sep 02, 2013
Softer sales, reduced foot traffic and fading restaurant operator optimism all combined to drive the National Restaurant Associations Restaurant Performance Indexdown for the second consecutive month. The R.P.I. stood at 100.7 in July compared with the June level of 101.3.
The R.P.I. consists of two components: the current situation index and the expectations index. Both declined during the month of July.
The R.P.I.s July decline was the result of pullbacks in both the current situation and ex