Press Releases

Newton, MA - (June 18, 2013) – Restaurant Sciences LLC, an independent firm that closely tracks food and beverage product sales throughout the foodservice industry in North America, unveiled that Buffalo Trace’s Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey is enjoying significant growth at US restaurants, bars and hotels.

Chicago, IL and Newton, MA (June 5, 2013) – To provide greater visibility into sales trends in restaurants and bars, Technomic Inc. and Restaurant Sciences, LLC have partnered to deliver the industry’s only credible and comprehensive suite of food and beverage tracking services.

Newton, MA (May 14, 2013) – Restaurant Sciences unveiled that the high-volume premium and sub-premium beers popular in America – names like Budweiser, Coors Light, Miller Lite, Pabst Blue Ribbon, etc. – have seen a 3.5% to 6.8% price jump in the nation’s eating and drinking establishments over the past seven months (October ’12 thru April ’13).

Newton, MA (May 7, 2013) – Restaurant Sciences LLC, an independent firm that closely tracks food and beverage product sales throughout the foodservice industry in North America, reports the top and bottom segments of America’s eating and drinking establishments have seen a significant increase in average spirit and cocktail prices over the past 6 months (November ’12 thru April ’13).

Newton, MA (May 1, 2013) – Restaurant Sciences, an independent firm that closely tracks food and beverage product sales throughout the foodservice industry in North America, reports that wine prices in American restaurants have been increasing steadily over Q4 2012 and Q1 2013. "Family Dining and White-Tablecloth segments are taking the biggest increases," said Chuck Ellis, President of Restaurant Sciences LLC. The accompanying chart shows the increases by industry segment

Newton, MA (March 7, 2013) -”Legal claims by individuals in three states in late February that some AB-Inbev products did not live up to stated alcohol-by-volume levels have had no impact on sales of Anheuser-Busch beers in the nation’s restaurants, bars and nightclubs to date,” said Chuck Ellis, President of Restaurant Sciences LLC (Newton, MA), an independent firm that closely tracks food and beverage product sales throughout the foodservice industry in North America. “The chart below shows no effects of the public dispute.”

Newton, MA (February 27, 2013) – Restaurant Sciences showed that Boston and Hartford restaurant sales were down by 33.08 percent and 36.22 percent respectively from the previous week. During the actual weekend of the storm, it was no surprise that Nemo kept patrons home with restaurant sales down 72.56 percent in Boston and 77.02 percent in Hartford.

Newton, MA (January 30, 2013) – Restaurant Sciences, a leading provider of restaurant industry information and analytics based on individual guest checks, today released a study on 2012’s biggest market share gainers and losers.

Newton, MA (January 9, 2013) – Restaurant Sciences, a leading provider of restaurant industry information and analytics based on individual guest checks, today released the nation’s first-ever study of beer, wine and spirits gratuity.

Newton, MA (December 12, 2012) – Restaurant Sciences, a leading provider of restaurant industry information and analytics based on individual guest checks, today released the nation’s first-ever study of wine-by-the-glass consumption in US restaurants, nightclubs and hotel bars. The data also shows how the average consumer can get the best value for wine by the glass across various dining establishments.