The historical stock prices of these companies were obtained from the following two excellent internet resources.... Google Finance and MarketWatch Big Charts.
These 36 US Restaurant Companies had their average stock prices drop by a huge 50% from December 31, 2007 during President Bush's second Presidential term, to March 6, 2009, very early in President Obama's first term, which was the very lowest point for the overall stock market due to the spillover effects resulting from the disastrous 2008 Financial Meltdown.
But since March 6, 2009, the average stock prices of these same 36 US Restaurant Corps have increased by a very impressive 485% through January 24, 2014, with all 36 having stock price increases.
Clearly, the investors in and executives of nearly all of these 36 US Restaurant Companies must be very pleased with the impact of actions taken by both the Obama Administration and the US Fed to successfully rescue the US economy from its extremely weakened state caused by the 2008 US financial meltdown.
Below here are the market prices of each of these 36 Restaurant Companies on January 24, 2014, on March 6, 2009, and on December 31, 2007, sorted by Percentage Increase from March 6, 2009 to January 24, 2014:
| Market | Market | ||||||
| Price | Price | ||||||
| % | % | ||||||
| Change | Change | ||||||
| Market | Market | Market | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | |||
| Price | Price | Price | to | to | |||
| Restaurant Corps | HQs | 1-24-14 | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | 1-24-14 | 3-6-09 | |
| Ruth's Hospitality Group | Winter Park | FL | 12.56 | 0.74 | 8.94 | 1597% | -92% |
| Krispy Kreme Doughnuts | Winston-Salem | NC | 18.13 | 1.15 | 3.16 | 1477% | -64% |
| DineEquity | Glendale | CA | 80.18 | 5.93 | 36.58 | 1252% | -84% |
| Domino's Pizza | Ann Arbor | MI | 71.18 | 5.88 | 13.23 | 1111% | -56% |
| AFC Enterprises | Atlanta | GA | 41.26 | 3.92 | 11.32 | 953% | -65% |
| Chipotle Mexican Grill | Denver | CO | 492.48 | 49.19 | 147.07 | 901% | -67% |
| Famous Dave's of America | Minnetonka | MN | 18.49 | 2.00 | 13.56 | 825% | -85% |
| Starbucks | Seattle | WA | 74.98 | 8.36 | 20.47 | 797% | -59% |
| Kona Grill | Scottsdale | AZ | 15.26 | 1.79 | 14.60 | 753% | -88% |
| Carrols Restaurant Group | Syracuse | NY | 6.27 | 0.77 | 2.53 | 714% | -70% |
| Cheesecake Factory | Calabasas | CA | 44.71 | 7.15 | 23.71 | 525% | -70% |
| Jamba Inc | Emeryville | CA | 12.40 | 2.00 | 18.50 | 520% | -89% |
| Ruby Tuesday | Maryville | TN | 5.58 | 0.95 | 9.75 | 487% | -90% |
| Denny's Corp | Spartanburg | SC | 6.90 | 1.19 | 3.75 | 480% | -68% |
| Red Robin Gourmet Burgers | Greenwood Village | CO | 64.92 | 12.13 | 31.99 | 435% | -62% |
| Brinker Intl | Dallas | TX | 49.60 | 9.96 | 19.56 | 398% | -49% |
| Cracker Barrel | Lebanon | TN | 101.37 | 22.15 | 32.39 | 358% | -32% |
| Biglari Holdings | San Antonio | TX | 466.06 | 102.80 | 218.00 | 353% | -53% |
| Buffalo Wild Wings | Minneapolis | MN | 135.47 | 30.05 | 23.22 | 351% | 29% |
| Papa John's | Louisville | CO | 47.31 | 10.98 | 11.35 | 331% | -3% |
| Nathan's Famous | Jericho | NY | 50.55 | 11.75 | 17.47 | 330% | -33% |
| Rick's Cabaret | Houston | TX | 11.02 | 2.63 | 26.92 | 319% | -90% |
| Panera Bread | St Louis | MO | 166.82 | 44.18 | 35.82 | 278% | 23% |
| Texas Roadhouse | Louisville | KY | 24.84 | 7.67 | 11.06 | 224% | -31% |
| Jack in the Box | San Diego | CA | 50.83 | 17.38 | 25.77 | 192% | -33% |
| Sonic Corp | Oklahoma City | OK | 18.92 | 6.57 | 21.90 | 188% | -70% |
| Yum! Brands | Louisville | KY | 68.82 | 24.50 | 38.27 | 181% | -36% |
| Bob Evans Farms | Columbus | OH | 47.24 | 16.86 | 26.93 | 180% | -37% |
| BJs Restaurants | Huntington Beach | CA | 29.24 | 10.66 | 16.26 | 174% | -34% |
| Einstein Noah Restaurant Group | Lakewood | CO | 15.72 | 5.77 | 18.15 | 172% | -68% |
| CEC Entertainment | Irving | TX | 54.16 | 20.37 | 25.96 | 166% | -22% |
| Wendy's | Dublin | OH | 9.05 | 4.10 | 8.73 | 121% | -53% |
| Darden Restaurants | Orlando | FL | 50.10 | 24.86 | 27.71 | 102% | -10% |
| Luby's Inc | Houston | TX | 7.03 | 3.52 | 10.16 | 100% | -65% |
| McDonald's | Oak Brook | IL | 94.43 | 52.12 | 58.91 | 81% | -12% |
| Frisch's Restaurants | Cincinnati | OH | 24.79 | 19.50 | 23.40 | 27% | -17% |
| Average % Change all 36 | 485% | -50% |
