Is the stimulus helping restaurants?

mattm · #1 (**permalink**) 05-20-2008, 12:58 PM

Now that people are receiving their federal stimulus checks, are they eating out more?

mojito · #2 (**permalink**) 05-20-2008, 01:17 PM

I haven't really seen a huge increase in sales over the weekend, from our average.
personally when I receive mine, my plan is to pay down credit (pay off bills) I would like to think that some people in my area will say "Gee, let's go to ____ restaurant" and treat ourselves...but I am not holding my breathe...
Money is definately tight these days, and for us to survive (small mom & pops) we NEED to be DIFFERENT, UNIQUE and just a little bit or alot BETTER than the next guy!

rosiescafe · #3 (**permalink**) 05-23-2008, 04:14 PM

I'm not getting a benefit from the stimulus per se, but I have noticed that I have been picking up a lot more new customers in the last few weeks.

I guess IHOP, Denny's, and WH raised prices. I did mine in Jan.