Both restaurant operators and consumers are providing mounting evidence that the end of the industry’s downturn could be near.

America’s military personnel were remembered throughout the Memorial Day weekend by a number of foodservice chains, including Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Uno Chicago Grill and Boston Market.

The National Restaurant Association’s restaurant performance index rose for the third consecutive month in March, as the measure of operators’ outlook for the economy over the next six months hits its highest level in more than a year.