Predicting the upswing

The Financial Roundtable is a group of noted industry members Nation’s Restaurant News has assembled to share their perspectives on economic or business-related questions. The current question:

What segment of the restaurant industry is expected to reap the rewards of recovery first, and why?

We have already seen the high-end/fine-dining category separate from the crowd with [first-quarter] results showing a more definitive rebound than other segments.

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