A student loan tsunami is coming, with 9.7 million borrowers in default for more than a quarter trillion in bad loans.
Biden's student loan pause was a Ponzi — boosting spending while the debt monster grew in the dark.
Now it’s hungry. pic.twitter.com/4Ojhiv8dnL
— Peter St Onge, Ph.D. (@profstonge) August 14, 2025
Same store (comps) sales tell the story. Same-store sales measure year over year sales at locations open 12+ months
• CAVA: +21.2% → +10.8% → +2.1%
• Chipotle: +5.4% → -0.4% → -4.0%
• Sweetgreen +4% → -3.1% → -7.6%
• McDonald’s -1.4% → -3.6% → +2.5%
• Wingstop:…— StockMarket.News (@_Investinq) August 14, 2025
Comps come from two levers: traffic (number of transactions) and average check (spend per order).
For two years, restaurants leaned on price hikes to make up for weak traffic.
Now, customers are resisting, skipping extras, choosing cheaper items, or not showing up at all.…
— StockMarket.News (@_Investinq) August 14, 2025
Jesus, Mary and Joseph, what a chart. 👇🏼 https://t.co/TC7KU7iIo8
— Kalani o Māui (@MauiBoyMacro) August 14, 2025