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Habit Restaurants Inc., the parent company to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.franchising.com/thehabitburgergrill/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=nations-restaurant-news-habit-restaurants-1q-hurt-by-free-burger-promo-2706487" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204)" target="_blank">The Habit Burger Grill</a>, has reported a decline in sales despite its promotional offerings. According to a&nbsp;<a href="https://bit.ly/2jI7wjx?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=nations-restaurant-news-habit-restaurants-1q-hurt-by-free-burger-promo-2706487" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204)" target="_blank">recent article in Nation&#39;s Restaurant News</a>, the company says that same-store sales continued to dip by 1.4 percent even with their annual free burger offering.&nbsp;

&quot;We&rsquo;re going to take a hard look at the use of free going forward. We need to rework how we execute on it,&quot; said CEO Russ Bendel.

That the brand will try to rebuild its sales is by focusing on introducing drive-thru locations and kiosk ordering stations. Habit Restaurants hopes to appeal to wider consumer preferences by making it easier to dine off-premise.

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