--- title: Resilient Restaurant Sales description: Restaurants continue to see robust sales growth despite high menu prices, outpacing grocery sales and setting records in retail share. Discover how to navigate 2025's commodity volatility. image: https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4D12AQFM1HNCvfd5Vg/article-cover_image-shrink_600_2000/B4DZb90vlqGkAQ-/0/1748015184639?e=1753315200&v=beta&t=6b6tjoYA8F6iZx_YoVu0n1deeq4eElB_bvX59sGTKNA --- [Skip to content](https://datumfs.com/en/maloni-intelligence-chart-of-the-week/resilient-restaurant-sales#main-content) ![Datum Logo Stacked](https://datumfs.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Datum%20Logo%20Stacked.png?width=80&height=97&name=Datum%20Logo%20Stacked.png) - [David](https://datumfs.com/team) - [Commodity Sourcing & Risk Management](https://datumfs.com/commodity-research-and-forecasts) - [Resources](https://datumfs.com/en/maloni-intelligence-chart-of-the-week) Show submenu for Resources - [Blog](https://datumfs.com/en/maloni-intelligence-chart-of-the-week) - [Podcast](https://datumfs.com/commodity-kitchen-podcast) - [Collaboration](https://datumfs.com/datum-advisors-0) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [David](https://datumfs.com/team) - [Commodity Sourcing & Risk Management](https://datumfs.com/commodity-research-and-forecasts) - [Resources](https://datumfs.com/en/maloni-intelligence-chart-of-the-week) Show submenu for Resources - [Blog](https://datumfs.com/en/maloni-intelligence-chart-of-the-week) - [Podcast](https://datumfs.com/commodity-kitchen-podcast) - [Collaboration](https://datumfs.com/datum-advisors-0) - [Email us](mailto:david@datumfs.com) [Email us](mailto:david@datumfs.com) May 23, 2025 12:34:50 PM # Resilient Restaurant Sales ![Picture of David Maloni](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/520f8829ce5a723a41ab6a8a3d9604b0) [David Maloni](https://datumfs.com/en/maloni-intelligence-chart-of-the-week/author/david-maloni) Share: [facebook-f icon](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://datumfs.com/en/maloni-intelligence-chart-of-the-week/resilient-restaurant-sales) [linkedin-in icon](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://datumfs.com/en/maloni-intelligence-chart-of-the-week/resilient-restaurant-sales) [Twitter icon](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://datumfs.com/en/maloni-intelligence-chart-of-the-week/resilient-restaurant-sales) [pinterest-p icon](http://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?url=https://datumfs.com/en/maloni-intelligence-chart-of-the-week/resilient-restaurant-sales) [envelope icon](mailto:?body=https://datumfs.com/en/maloni-intelligence-chart-of-the-week/resilient-restaurant-sales) Restaurants have been putting points on the board like Tyrese Haliburton. According to the Census Bureau, foodservice sales have strongly outpaced 2024 over the past few months. Despite concerns about high menu prices pushing fans (consumers) back to grocery, the data doesn’t show that shift yet. In fact, restaurants grabbed a record share of total retail sales in March and April — while grocery stayed flat. Looking ahead, restaurant and grocery industries are staring down nearly $100 billion in commodity volatility this year. 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Note the next chart... 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