You saw it coming

In recent national press it seems that casual, full-service restaurant chains are having the most trying times they can remember.

When we began our RestaurantChains.net alerts newsletter displaying emerging/growing (and no longer growing) concepts in the beginning of this year, we were hard pressed to find casual chains that were growing at all. For the most part we only noticed they were closing them. We struggled and had a lot of tension in the office here towards trying to find some casual or upscale restaurant chains/groups to write about in the newsletter.

If you've reviewed our newsletters (you still can-they are archived on the website) you can barely find anything but quick service and fast casual chains that are growing. Newsletter after newsletter the point has been proven.

Next week, with the new month coming, we'll be releasing our new Retaurant Incubator Index numbers in the newsletter. To sign up for the newsletter please go to www.restaurantchains.net and sign up on the home page.