Even though there are plenty of restaurant companies that are still growing, nearly half of them have become less profitable. Analyst sentiment is tepid, considering how positive sell-side analysts tend to be. If analysts are correct in their predictions of continued increases in labor costs, we may well be in for a few years of pullbacks for the sector.
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