Traffic Slump at Olive Garden, Red Lobster, LongHorn; Smaller Plates, Cheaper Items at Olive Garden

Townhall.com ^ | March 4, 2013 | Mike Shedlock

[bert]

It would appear that what you describe is anomaly. The article was written using data including all of the depressed Yankee hell holes that are the northern blue tier.

The depressed areas suffer from self imposed regulatory excess. The mandates have stifled growth. The peripheral businesses described are suffering from the negative trend in sales.

[max americana]

Thanks for the story. Me and my Gf do our best to discover small restos that no one found out yet. I’m not a “wait in line to get in” kind of guy. I was in-line more than a few times and our group ended up going to In N Out instead.