MarginEdge Blog

At the end of our first full month of the COVID crisis it seems like restaurants are settling into a new normal after a historic drop off in March, April sales seem to have steadied.

We’re in this together When we started reporting our monthly restaurant sales, we never thought we’d be reporting numbers like these. What is incredible, especially because it feels several lifetimes ago, is that Minneapolis/St. Paul had a good start to March...

When we started reporting our monthly restaurant sales, we never thought we’d be reporting numbers like these.

Minneapolis diners were in love with area restaurants this month, with sales up 3.39%, the best monthly performance in a year.

DC-area restaurants enjoyed some more love this month, with receipts up 6.15% overall compared to last year.

While it was not an upbeat start for restaurants in the Twin Cities, January’s performance fell around the middle of the pack for the past 12 months.

It looks like this winter’s unseasonably warm weather and below-average snowfall levels have sent restaurant sales soaring for the nation’s capital.

Overall, restaurant business in MN has been slowing for the year, ending down -4.74%, compared to a trailing 12-month average at the beginning of the year of -1.84%.

It was a year of ups and downs on the DC dining scene.