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Jonathan Maze
Verified
Editor-in-Chief, Restaurant Business
Minneapolis
Beats
P&C + life insurance,Real estate debt, estate planning mortgages, borrowing credit cards, divorce and retirement planning investing, lending
Sports, politics.
Content
By Jonathan Maze Verified| Supermarket News Verified Consumers are growing increasingly fretful about the state of the economy and worried about the prospect of higher prices as awareness about tariff pain grows. Consumer confidence fell 11% in April, according to the University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index. It was the fourth straight month the index has fallen, a period in which consumer sentiment has fallen 30%. What’s more, consumers are increasingly worried about the state of their jobs and the prospects of inflation.
By Jonathan Maze Verified| Restaurant Business Verified FacebookTwitterLinkedInStarbucks and other major chains had a weak 2024. | Photo: Shutterstock. Chain restaurant sales grew just 3% in 2024, according to the 2025 Technomic Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report, as a consumer frustrated by high fast-food prices shifted spending from traditional, big-name players to smaller, up-and-coming names or they stayed home altogether. The 500 largest chains in the U.S. generated $437.1 billion in 2024.
By Jonathan Maze Verified| Supermarket News Verified Consumers are growing increasingly fretful about the state of the economy and worried about the prospect of higher prices as awareness about tariff pain grows. Consumer confidence fell 11% in April, according to the University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index. It was the fourth straight month the index has fallen, a period in which consumer sentiment has fallen 30%. What’s more, consumers are increasingly worried about the state of their jobs and the prospects of inflation.
Company Info
Restaurant Business
Chicago, Illinois, United States
+1 312-876-0004