Buy 5 U.S. Restaurant Stocks With Solid Short-Term Price Upside Left - Potbelly (NASDAQ:PBPB), Shake Shack (NYSE:SHAK)

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Buy 5 U.S. Restaurant Stocks With Solid Short-Term Price Upside Left - Potbelly (NASDAQ:PBPB), Shake Shack (NYSE:SHAK)

The U.S. restaurant industry was impacted by high wages, food cost inflation and traffic woes in 2024 after two years of strong growth. However, the industry turned around in early 2025 buoyed by an aggressive interest rate cut by the Fed in second-half 2024.  At present, the Zacks-defined Retail – Restaurant Industry is currently in the top 23% of the Zacks Industry Rank. Since it is ranked in the top half of Zacks Ranked Industries, we expect …