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Wanna know what fried chicken brand got the most store visits in 2020? Read on. Top Data identified the top fried chicken brands by visits since the pandemic in some of its most recent analyses. (Image: Provided) Jan. 8, 2021 Inspired by the launch of new chicken sandwiches by five major limited-service brands — McDonaldsShake Shack, Sonic, KFC, Popeyes and Chick-fil-A — Top Data analysts revealed this week which brands were garnering the most sales. The global firm based in Tokyo compared ...

It’s been a long, hard pandemic for restaurants. Michigan has banned indoor dining at restaurants twice to try and slow the spread of coronavirus -- once at the beginning of the pandemic and again in November. The second ban is still in effect through at least January 15. Tracy and Matt Godbold, co-owners of The Rusty Nail in Carson City in mid-Michigans Montcalm county. The Godbolds moved to Michigan from Arizona to take ownership of the restaurant in 2019. Credit Courtesy of Matt Godbold ...

Zenreach/Top Data New research from market analysts at Zenreach and TOP Data shows Florida restaurants are 11% below January sales numbers. "Foot traffic is down across the board," said Zenreach CEO John Kelly. "Restaurants have been very hard hit, event spaces have practically gone to zero." Like the rest of the nation, Florida closed much of its economy in the spring to slow the spread of COVID-19, easing the burden on hospitals. Business for restaurants slowed to a trickle as many spots reli...

By Joel Malkin Dec 30, 2020 Its no surprise that Floridians are spending less at restaurants now than before the pandemic. New research from Zenreach and Top Data shows estimated sales were down 11 percent in December compared to January of this year. Zenreach CEO John Kelly says that even though the state has reopened, the financially devastated tourism industry has led to less spending at Floridas restaurants. As bad as Floridas eateries have been hit, the damage pales in comparison to...

By Joel Malkin Dec 30, 2020 Its no surprise that Floridians are spending less at restaurants now than before the pandemic. New research from Zenreach and Top Data shows estimated sales were down 11 percent in December compared to January of this year. Zenreach CEO John Kelly says that even though the state has reopened, the financially devastated tourism industry has led to less spending at Floridas restaurants. As bad as Floridas eateries have been hit, the damage pales in comparison to...

By Joel Malkin Dec 30, 2020 Its no surprise that Floridians are spending less at restaurants now than before the pandemic. New research from Zenreach and Top Data shows estimated sales were down 11 percent in December compared to January of this year. Zenreach CEO John Kelly says that even though the state has reopened, the financially devastated tourism industry has led to less spending at Floridas restaurants. As bad as Floridas eateries have been hit, the damage pales in comparison to...

By Joel Malkin Dec 30, 2020 Its no surprise that Floridians are spending less at restaurants now than before the pandemic. New research from Zenreach and Top Data shows estimated sales were down 11 percent in December compared to January of this year. Zenreach CEO John Kelly says that even though the state has reopened, the financially devastated tourism industry has led to less spending at Floridas restaurants. As bad as Floridas eateries have been hit, the damage pales in comparison to...

Comfort me with cookies; nation responds to coronavirus By Daniel Neman, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Published: December 30, 2020, 6:05am Share: Salted butter and chocolate chunk shortbread cookies. (Colter Peterson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch) The year 2020 is finally coming to its decaying, putrescent end. So now is a good moment to look back and contemplate just what it was that helped get us through this most abhorrent of times. In a word, it was: cookies. I’m a little surpris...

By Joel Malkin Dec 30, 2020 Its no surprise that Floridians are spending less at restaurants now than before the pandemic. New research from Zenreach and Top Data shows estimated sales were down 11 percent in December compared to January of this year. Zenreach CEO John Kelly says that even though the state has reopened, the financially devastated tourism industry has led to less spending at Floridas restaurants. As bad as Floridas eateries have been hit, the damage pales in comparison to...

In a word, it was: cookies. I’m a little surprised, too. I would have guessed the answer would have been deep reserves of resourcefulness and imagination, or perhaps mankind’s indomitable spirit, or possibly alcohol. But according to an organization called Top Data, the year 2020 has been the year of the cookie. Ordinarily, I pay little or no attention to pseudo-scientific surveys that aim to do little more than light up the pop-culture synapses in our brains’ parietal lobes. But...