Foodservice Retail Sales Rebounded In August, Rising 0.7% On An Upwardly Revised July Number To Match Record

After a dip in July that the National Restaurant Assn.’s head of research and Chief Economist Chad Moutray characterized as “disappointing” in an interview with The Ashton Report in August, retail and “food services and drinking places” posted a surprisingly strong 0.7% increase in August, according to the “Advance Monthly Sales At Retail And Food…