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<div id="pastingspan1"><span style="">In the second quarter of 2016, the U.S. GDP grew 1.2% according to the Commerce Department. This was a disappointing level of growth - the weakest start to a year since 2011. </span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="">&#8220;Consumer spending growth was the sole element of good news,&#8221; Gregory Daco, an economist at Oxford Economics, told the Wall Street Journal in a recent article on the GDP report. &#8220;Weakness in business investment is an important and lingering growth constraint.&#8221; </span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="">That consumer spending has led to higher sales at Saladworks. The <a href="http://saladworksfranchising.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=the-wall-street-journal-consumer-spending-is-a-bright-spot-in-disappointing-second-quarter-5370" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">growing franchise brand</a> out of Pennsylvania has seen sales increase by 10% over the last year. Still, the presidential election in November is causing some pause across the entire country when it comes to larger level investments. </span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="">&#8220;The election cycle puts everyone on hold,&#8221; Patrick Sugrue, CEO of Saladworks, told the Wall Street Journal. &#8220;They&#8217;re excited to open new stores, but they want to get a better peek under the tent at what&#8217;s going on.&#8221; </span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="">The impact of the Brexit decision in the UK will remain to be seen until the GDP report on quarter three.</span></div><div id="pastingspan1"><span style=""><br /></span></div><div id="pastingspan1"><span style="">To read the original article, <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-economy-grew-at-a-disappointing-1-2-in-2nd-quarter-1469795649?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=the-wall-street-journal-consumer-spending-is-a-bright-spot-in-disappointing-second-quarter-5370" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">click here</a>.</span></div>

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Growing franchise brand Saladworks has seen sales increase by 10-percent over the last year.

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