Scratch-Offs carry New Jersey Lottery through sharp sales decline
TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Lottery sales totaled $3.3 billion for the fiscal year ending Sunday, a decline of $288 million or 7.9 percent from the previous year, but still resulted in…
Major American Manufacturer Cuts Sales Expectations, Lays Off Thousands
Major American Manufacturer Cuts Sales Expectations, Lays Off Thousands John Hugh DeMastri on January 24, 2023 Major U.S. manufacturing firm 3M, the maker of Scotch tape among other popular office and industrial…
Retail Sales Ticked Down During The Holiday Season As Consumers Tightened Their Belts
Retail Sales Ticked Down During The Holiday Season As Consumers Tightened Their Belts John Hugh DeMastri on January 18, 2023 Retail sales fell 1.1% in December, unadjusted for inflation, with consumers cutting…
Electric Vehicle Sales Hit Record Levels In 2022 As Automakers Raked In Profits
Electric Vehicle Sales Hit Record Levels In 2022 As Automakers Raked In Profits John Hugh DeMastri on January 16, 2023 Sales of electric vehicles increased rapidly in 2022, nearly doubling their U.S.…
Chicago Suburb’s Plan To Fund Reparations Through Marijuana Sales Tax Backfires
Chicago Suburb’s Plan To Fund Reparations Through Marijuana Sales Tax Backfires Laurel Duggan on January 9, 2023 Evanston, Illinois, a Chicago suburb, attempted to fund its racial reparations program through a tax…
Sales Software Firm Becomes Latest Tech Titan To Issue Layoffs
Sales Software Firm Becomes Latest Tech Titan To Issue Layoffs John Hugh DeMastri on January 4, 2023 Salesforce, the owner of popular business communication app Slack and developer of other sales software,…
Home Sales Plunge In November As Housing Market Cracks Under High Prices
Home Sales Plunge In November As Housing Market Cracks Under High Prices John Hugh DeMastri on December 21, 2022 Sales of existing homes fell severely in November, but prices remained elevated compared…
The Biden Admin’s Latest Offshore Wind Lease Sales Mostly Went To Foreign Energy Companies
The Biden Admin’s Latest Offshore Wind Lease Sales Mostly Went To Foreign Energy Companies Jack McEvoy on December 8, 2022 Roughly 78% of federal land auctioned by the Biden administration for offshore…
Gun Sales Jump In Oregon With 36,000 People Waiting On Delayed Background Checks
Gun Sales Jump In Oregon With 36,000 People Waiting On Delayed Background Checks Bronson Winslow on December 8, 2022 Attempted gun purchases in Oregon continue to rise, as roughly 36,000 residents wait…
Convicted Felon Pleads Guilty To Possessing Firearms After Being Reported For Illegal Gun Sales
Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Robert Humberston (39, Sarasota) has pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Humberston faces a maximum…
Home Sales in Toms River Down Dramatically Compared to Neighboring Towns
By Toms River Councilman Justin Lamb, Last week, the Toms River Township Council passed an amended MCCUO ordinance that keeps most of the cumbersome mandates imposed on homeowners since July 1 and preserves the…
On Wednesday, March 31: Jersey Mike’s Donates ALL Sales to Local Charities
Manasquan, NJ (RestaurantNews.com) This Wednesday, March 31, Jersey Mike’s Subs is giving a full day’s sales – expected to approach $8 million – to charity. It’s the sub company’s 11th Annual Day…
Fazoli’s Achieves Most Successful Quarter in History, Breaks Over 200 Weekly Sales Records
Iconic Italian brand sees sales and traffic skyrocket to all-time highs in January, February and March, ending Q1 with system sales up 29% and a record 11 area development agreements Lexington, KY …
Smoothie King Reports Outstanding 18% Same-Store Sales Growth During Q1
Global Franchise Leader in Healthy Lifestyle Smoothies is off to a Hot Start in 2021, Opening 32 Stores and Receiving Signed Agreements for 71 Future Stores Dallas, TX (RestaurantNews.com) After closing out…
Wingers Achieves Record-Breaking Sales in Q1
Fast-growing casual brand sees same-store sales up 9% in fiscal period, returns to hometown of Bountiful and relaunches franchising in first quarter Salt Lake City, UT (RestaurantNews.com) After an impressive sales performance…
Toppers Pizza Sees Double Digit Sales Increases for Fourth Consecutive Quarter as Pizza Delivery Booms Due to the Pandemic
With a commitment to fast and contactless service, first-party delivery and menu innovation, Toppers Pizza has continued to appeal to qualified entrepreneurs looking for a brand that stands out in the thriving…
Juice It Up! Continues Record-Breaking Sales Momentum
Juice it up! Reports outstanding q1 sales Leading Smoothie, Superfruit Bowl & Raw Juice Chain Closes Q1 With Same Store Sales Up 25.8% Irvine, CA (RestaurantNews.com) Juice It Up!, one of the…
Taco John’s Seeks Over 6,000 Team Members Following Impressive Sales and Growth
Popular quick-service restaurant searches for thousands of employees systemwide Cheyenne, WY (RestaurantNews.com) After experiencing record-breaking sales and rapid growth, Taco John’s is on the lookout for more than 6,000 talented, enthusiastic individuals…
Fazoli’s Posts Another Astounding Period with April Sales Yielding 60% Increase YOY and 26% Increase Over 2019
America’s largest premium QSR Italian chain sees April sales up 60% month-to-date and two-year sales comparisons up 26% Lexington, KY (RestaurantNews.com) Fazoli’s historical streak of double-digit month-over-month sales and traffic trends are…
Wienerschnitzel Continues Its Record-Breaking Sales in 2021
On the heels of record-breaking same-store sales in 2021 and q1 2021, wienerschnitzel sets sights on midwest expansion. The Iconic Hot Dog Chain Plots New Midwest Expansion with Development Incentives Irvine, CA …
iniBurger, the Bay Area’s Community-Focused Burger Concept, To Donate Percentage of August & September Sales to International Rescue Committee
The afghan-born founders of the bay area-based gourmet burger concept, iniburger, will be donating a percentage of august and september sales to the irc’s “afghan soft landing fund,” in light of the…