Eating Out Is Pricey. How Texas Roadhouse Is Bringing Back Diners.

Restaurants are facing more pressure as the price of dining out continues to rise at a fast pace, even as grocery inflation cools down. Costs for “food away from home,” a category that covers meals and snacks consumed at restaurants, cafeterias and vending machines, rose 0.4% in April, according to consumer price index data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Tuesday. Although the decline in grocery costs was mostly driven by the fall of highflying egg prices, the costs of eating out has climbed faster than overall food inflation.