NRA’s RPI Sank In September, As Sales And Traffic Fell; Cap-Ex Measures Remain Strong

The National Restaurant Assn.’s Restaurant Performance Index continued its waffling just above the 100 level that separates expansion from contraction in the September survey, taken in October. Thanks to declines in current same-store sales and traffic, the overall RPI fell to 100.4, down 0.3 point from August. Four of the RPI’s eight components now signal…