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The restaurant industry posted a strong Q3 according to the latest Black Box Intelligence Index, with same-store sales rising 1.2 percent in September. <a href="https://www.nrn.com/sales-trends/q3-restaurant-sales-growth-best-2015?NL=NRN-02_&amp%3BIssue=NRN-02__20181012_NRN-02__121&amp%3Bsfvc4enews=42&amp%3Bcl=article_1_3&amp%3Butm_rid=CPG06000007795822&amp%3Butm_campaign=26284&amp%3Butm_medium=email&amp%3Belq2=de7923e0d397401cb947a65900bce254&utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=q3-restaurant-sales-growth-best-in-3-years-2708163" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">An article in Nation&rsquo;s Restaurant News explained</a> that the index gathers data based on weekly sales from over 30,000 locations of more than 170 brands. 

Despite this being the industry&rsquo;s best quarter since 2015, the index noted the improvement came from higher prices and consumers buying more expensive items as opposed to more traffic. Though at a slower rate, restaurants still experienced a decline in customers in September.

<a href="https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/black-box-3q-same-store-sales-best-three-years?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=q3-restaurant-sales-growth-best-in-3-years-2708163" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">As noted by Restaurant Business</a>, Victor Fernandez, VP of insights and knowledge at the index&rsquo;s parent company TDn2K, acknowledged signs of recovery in some areas but the industry is not yet out of the woods. &ldquo;Overall we&rsquo;re seeing a restaurant industry that is a bit stronger than it was a year ago &hellip; It&rsquo;s all about a relative recovery. We&rsquo;re doing better, but the industry is far from growing in a healthy manner,&rdquo; Fernandez said.

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