Is it Worth Opening on Christmas? Plus, the AI Kiosk

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Holiday Happiness A great debate in the restaurant community this time of year is whether or not to open Christmas Day. The experts at CAKE passed along some interesting statistics concerning December restaurant revenue, specifically Christmas day.

Findings include:

Christmas day has the highest average sales and highest average ticket size during the month of December The month of December also has the highest average ticket size of the year, and is among the top five performing monthsFrom 2014 – 2016:

Average ticket size rose at least 10 percent on December 25 compared with December 24 Conversely, in all 3 years, average ticket size fell by at least 10 percent on December 26 compared with December 25 In…