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Nation's Restaurant News, June 30, 2008
TOP 100 CHAINS RANKED BY U.S. SYSTEMWIDE FOODSERVICE SALES
LATEST- PREC.
YEAR YEAR
RANK RANK CHAIN CONCEPT
1 1 McDonald's Sandwich
2 2 Burger King Sandwich
3 4 Subway Sandwich
4 3 Wendy's Sandwich
5 6 Starbucks Coffee Coffee
6 5 Taco Bell Sandwich
7 7 Aramark Food & Support Contract
Services
8 9 Pizza Hut Pizza
9 8 KFC Chicken
10 11 Dunkin' Donuts Beverage-Snack
11 10 Applebee's Neighborhood Casual Dining
Grill & Bar
12 12 Chili's Grill & Bar Casual Dining
13 13 Sonic Drive-In Sandwich
14 14 Domino's Pizza Pizza
15 15 Arby's Sandwich
16 17 Olive Garden Casual Dining
17 16 Jack in the Box Sandwich
18 22 Chick-fil-A Chicken
19 18 Outback Steakhouse Casual Dining
20 19 Red Lobster Casual Dining
21 20 Dairy Queen Sandwich
22 23 Int'l. House of Pancakes/ Family
IHOP Rest.
23 21 Denny's Family
24 27 Panera Bread Bakery-Cafe
25 26 T.G.I. Friday's Casual Dining
26 24 Canteen Services Contract
27 25 Papa John's Pizza Pizza
28 30 Cracker Barrel Old Country Family
Store
29 29 Quiznos Sub Sandwich
30 28 Ruby Tuesday Casual Dining
31 31 Hardee's Sandwich
32 32 7-Eleven C-Store
33 33 Sodexo Health Care Services Contract
34 36 Sodexo Campus Services Contract
35 34 Golden Corral Buffet
36 35 Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits Chicken
37 37 Sodexo Corporate Services Contract
38 38 Carl's Jr. Sandwich
39 41 The Cheesecake Factory Casual Dining
40 43 Morrison Management Contract
Specialists
41 39 Marriott hotels, resorts & Hotel
suites
42 40 Chartwells Contract
43 42 Eurest Dining Services Contract
44 43 Hilton Hotels Hotel
45 45 Little Caesars Pizza Pizza
46 48 Red Robin Gourmet Burgers & Casual Dining
Spirits
47 47 Whataburger Sandwich
48 55 Chipotle Mexican Sandwich
Grill/Chipotle
49 52 Panda Express Chinese QSR
50 49 Texas Roadhouse Casual Dining
51 54 Buffalo Wild Wings Casual Dining
Grill & Bar
52 46 Bob Evans Restaurants Family
53 51 Waffle House Family
54 53 Hooters Casual Dining
55 50 Sheraton Hotels Hotel
56 61 P.F. Chang's China Bistro Casual Dining
57 59 Disney theme parks, hotels & Theme Park
resorts
58 60 LongHorn Steakhouse Casual Dining
59 56 Church's Chicken Chicken
60 57 Long John Silver's Fish QSR
61 58 Perkins Restaurant and Bakery Family
62 63 Steak n Shake Family
63 66 Holiday Inn Hotel
64 70 Centerplate Contract
65 72 Carrabba's Italian Grill Casual Dining
66 71 Radisson Hotels & Resorts Hotel
67 65 Boston Market Chicken
68 62 Romano's Macaroni Grill Casual Dining
69 64 Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Beverage-Snack
70 67 Friendly's Ice Cream Family
71 68 Bennigan's Irish Amer. Grill Casual Dining
& Tavern
72 76 California Pizza Kitchen Casual Dining
73 73 O'Charley's Casual Dining
74 69 Gate Gourmet Contract
75 75 Sodexo School Services Contract
76 83 Culver's Frozen Custard Sandwich
77 86 El Pollo Loco Chicken
78 79 CiCi's Pizza Pizza
79 81 Hyatt Hotels Hotel
80 74 Ryan's Grill Buffet & Bakery Buffet
81 94 Zaxby's Chicken
82 88 Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Chicken
Biscuits
83 90 Logan's Roadhouse Casual Dining
84 78 Baskin-Robbins Snack
85 82 Del Taco Sandwich
86 90 Ramada Inn Hotel
86 85 Sbarro, The Italian Eatery Italian QSR
88 80 White Castle Sandwich
89 77 LSG Sky Chefs Contract
90 84 Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza
91 88 Ponderosa Steakhouse Grill-Buffet
92 102 Papa Murphy's Take 'N Bake Pizza
Pizza
93 99 Levy Restaurants sports Contract
concessions
94 95 Ruth's Chris Steak House Casual Dining
95 87 Captain D's Seafood Fish QSR
96 93 Cold Stone Creamery Snack
97 98 In-N-Out Burger Sandwich
97 97 Wawa C-Store
99 112 Jamba Juice Smoothie-Juice
100 103 Uno Chicago Grill/ Casual Dining
Pizzeria Uno
TOTALS:
FISCAL
YEAR-
CHAIN PARENT COMPANY END
McDonald's McDonald's Corp. * Dec. '07
Burger King Burger King Holdings Inc. June '08
Subway Doctor's Associates Inc. Dec. '07
Wendy's Wendy's International Dec. '07
Inc. *
Starbucks Coffee Starbucks Corp. * Sept. '07
Taco Bell Yum! Brands Inc. * Dec. '07
Aramark Food & Support Aramark Holdings Corp. Sept. '07
Services
Pizza Hut Yum! Brands Inc. * Dec. '07
KFC Yum! Brands Inc. Dec. '07
Dunkin' Donuts Dunkin' Brands Inc. Aug. '07
Applebee's Neighborhood DineEquity Inc. Dec. '07
Grill & Bar
Chili's Grill & Bar Brinker International June '08
Inc. *
Sonic Drive-In Sonic Corp. * Aug. '07
Domino's Pizza Domino's Pizza Inc. * Dec. '07
Arby's Triarc Cos. Inc. * Dec. '07
Olive Garden Darden Restaurants Inc. * May '08
Jack in the Box Jack in the Box Inc. Oct. '07
Chick-fil-A Chick-fil-A Inc. Dec. '07
Outback Steakhouse Bain Capital LLC Dec. '07
Red Lobster Darden Restaurants Inc. * May '08
Dairy Queen Berkshire Hathaway Inc. * Dec. '07
Int'l. House of Pancakes/ Dine Equity Inc. * Dec. '07
IHOP Rest.
Denny's Denny's Corp. * Dec. '07
Panera Bread Panera Bread Co. * Dec. '07
T.G.I. Friday's Carlson Cos. Inc. Dec. '07
Canteen Services Compass Group PLC Sept. 107
Papa John's Pizza Papa John's International Dec. '07
Inc. *
Cracker Barrel Old Country CBRL Group Inc. * July'07
Store
Quiznos Sub QCE Holding LLC Dec. '07
Ruby Tuesday Ruby Tuesday Inc. * May '08
Hardee's CKE Restaurants Inc. * Jan. '08
7-Eleven Seven-Eleven Japan Co. Ltd. Dec. '07
Sodexo Health Care Services Sodexo Aug. '07
Sodexo Campus Services Sodexo Aug. '07
Golden Corral Investors Management Corp. Dec. '07
Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits AFC Enterprises Inc. Dec. '07
Sodexo Corporate Services Sodexo Aug. '07
Carl's Jr. CKE Restaurants Inc. * Jan. '08
The Cheesecake Factory The Cheesecake Factory Dec. '07
Inc. *
Morrison Management Compass Group PLC Sept. '07
Specialists
Marriott hotels, resorts & Marriott International Dec. '07
suites Inc. *
Chartwells Compass Group PLC Sept. '07
Eurest Dining Services Compass Group PLC Sept. 107
Hilton Hotels Blackstone Group LP * Dec. '07
Little Caesars Pizza Ilitch Holdings Inc. Dec. '07
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers & Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Dec. '07
Spirits Inc. *
Whataburger Whataburger Inc. Sept. '07
Chipotle Mexican Chipotle Mexican Grill Dec. '07
Grill/Chipotle Inc. *
Panda Express Panda Restaurant Group Inc. Dec. '07
Texas Roadhouse Texas Roadhouse LLC Dec. '07
Buffalo Wild Wings Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. * Dec. '07
Grill & Bar
Bob Evans Restaurants Bob Evans Farms Inc. * April '08
Waffle House Waffle House Inc. May '08
Hooters Hooters of America Inc. Dec. '07
Sheraton Hotels Starwood Hotels & Resorts Dec. '07
Worldwide Inc.
P.F. Chang's China Bistro RE Chang's China Bistro Dec. '07
Inc. *
Disney theme parks, hotels & Walt Disney Co. * Sept. '07
resorts
LongHorn Steakhouse Darden Restaurants Inc. * Dec. '07
Church's Chicken Arcapita Inc. Dec. '07
Long John Silver's Yum! Brands Inc. Dec. '07
Perkins Restaurant and Bakery Castle Harlan Inc. Dec. '07
Steak n Shake The Steak N Shake Co. * Sept. '07
Holiday Inn InterContinental Hotels Oct. '07
Group PLC
Centerplate Centerplate Inc. * Dec. '07
Carrabba's Italian Grill Bain Capital LLC Dec. '07
Radisson Hotels & Resorts Carlson Cos. Inc. Dec. '07
Boston Market Sun Capital Partners Inc. Dec. '07
Romano's Macaroni Grill Brinker International June '08
Inc. *
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. Jan. '08
Friendly's Ice Cream Sun Capital Partners Inc. Dec. '07
Bennigan's Irish Amer. Grill Metromedia Co. Dec. '07
& Tavern
California Pizza Kitchen California Pizza Kitchen Dec. '07
Inc. *
O'Charley's O'Charley's Inc. * Dec. '07
Gate Gourmet gategroup Dec. '07
Sodexo School Services Sodexo Aug. '07
Culver's Frozen Custard Culver Franchising System Dec. '07
Inc.
El Pollo Loco Trimaran Capital Partners Dec. '07
Inc.
CiCi's Pizza CICI Enterprises Inc. Dec. '07
Hyatt Hotels Hyatt Hotels Corp. Dec. '07
Ryan's Grill Buffet & Bakery Caxton-Iseman Capital Dec. '07
Zaxby's Zaxby's Franchising Inc. Dec. '07
Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Falfurrias Capital Partners Dec. '07
Biscuits
Logan's Roadhouse LRI Holdings Inc. July '07
Baskin-Robbins Dunkin' Brands Inc. Aug. '07
Del Taco Sagittarius Brands Dec. '07
Ramada Inn Wyndham Worldwide Corp. * Dec. '07
Sbarro, The Italian Eatery MidOcean Partners III LP Dec. '07
White Castle White Castle System Inc. Dec. '07
LSG Sky Chefs Lufthansa Dec. '07
Chuck E. Cheese's CEC Entertainment Inc. * Dec. '07
Ponderosa Steakhouse Metromedia Co. Dec. '07
Papa Murphy's Take 'N Bake Charlesbank Capital Dec. '07
Pizza Partners LLC
Levy Restaurants sports Compass Group PLC Sept. '07
concessions
Ruth's Chris Steak House Ruth's Hospitality Group Dec. '07
Inc. *
Captain D's Seafood Sagittarius Brands Dec. '07
Cold Stone Creamery Kahala Corp. Dec. '07
In-N-Out Burger In-N-Out Burger Inc. Dec. '07
Wawa Wawa Inc. Dec. '07
Jamba Juice Jamba Inc. * Dec. '07
Uno Chicago Grill/ Centre Partners Management Sept. '07
Pizzeria Uno LLC
TOTALS:
U.S. SYSTEMWIDE FOODSERVICE SALES **
(BY FISCAL YEAR, IN MILLIONS)
CHAIN LATEST PRECEDING PRIOR
McDonald's $28,576.1 $27,144.2 $25,642.9
Burger King 8,916.0 8,555.0 8,448.0
Subway 8,225.0 7,710.0 7,170.0
Wendy's 7,924.0 7,805.0 7,780.0
Starbucks Coffee 7,250.0 6,017.0 4,935.0
Taco Bell 6,100.0 6,300.0 6,200.0
Aramark Food & Support 6,090.0 5,785.0 5,535.0
Services
Pizza Hut 5,400.0 5,200.0 5,300.0
KFC 5,300.0 5,300.0 5,200.0
Dunkin' Donuts 4,750.0 4,300.0 3,850.0
Applebee's Neighborhood 4,505.4 4,542.9 4,192.2
Grill & Bar
Chili's Grill & Bar 3,880.0 3,532.0 3,270.0
Sonic Drive-In 3,607.0 3,318.0 2,995.3
Domino's Pizza 3,208.0 3,224.1 3,317.0
Arby's 3,160.0 3,090.2 2,929.9
Olive Garden 3,048.0 2,772.0 2,610.8
Jack in the Box 3,020.0 2,810.0 2,700.0
Chick-fil-A 2,640.9 2,274.9 1,975.2
Outback Steakhouse 2,637.0 2,619.0 2,599.0
Red Lobster 2,567.0 2,527.0 2,502.2
Dairy Queen 2,500.0 2,405.0 2,400.0
Int'l. House of Pancakes/ 2,317.0 2,105.0 1,968.0
IHOP Rest.
Denny's 2,315.0 2,290.0 2,245.0
Panera Bread 2,105.0 1,815.0 1,508.7
T.G.I. Friday's 2,028.9 1,940.7 1,907.5
Canteen Services 1,995.0 1,987.0 1,986.4
Papa John's Pizza 1,971.5 1,965.8 1,826.2
Cracker Barrel Old Country 1,844.8 1,748.2 1,696.7
Store
Quiznos Sub 1,800.0 1,780.0 1,529.6
Ruby Tuesday 1,704.2 1,805.3 1,689.7
Hardee's 1,696.0 1,695.0 1,660.0
7-Eleven 1,695.0 1,635.0 1,580.0
Sodexo Health Care Services 1,650.0 1,555.0 1,480.0
Sodexo Campus Services 1,610.0 1,455.0 1,410.0
Golden Corral 1,529.7 1,526.0 1,385.0
Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits 1,500.6 1,483.9 1,391.8
Sodexo Corporate Services 1,415.0 1,355.0 1,305.0
Carl's Jr. 1,372.0 1,320.0 1,197.0
The Cheesecake Factory 1,327.4 1,158.1 1,051.0
Morrison Management 1,300.0 1,100.0 960.2
Specialists
Marriott hotels, resorts & 1,266.0 1,216.5 1,200.5
suites
Chartwells 1,250.0 1,190.0 1,064.0
Eurest Dining Services 1,205.0 1,150.0 1,036.0
Hilton Hotels 1,180.0 1,100.0 1,050.0
Little Caesars Pizza 19,155.0 1,053.0 940.0
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers & 1,102.3 967.7 798.9
Spirits
Whataburger 1,100.6 989.5 885.5
Chipotle Mexican 1,089.0 832.0 636.0
Grill/Chipotle
Panda Express 1,036.0 880.5 735.7
Texas Roadhouse 1,020.0 930.1 807.3
Buffalo Wild Wings 1,017.3 869.0 656.5
Grill & Bar
Bob Evans Restaurants 1,014.0 996.0 995.0
Waffle House 960.0 920.0 885.0
Hooters 953.0 879.0 866.0
Sheraton Hotels 952.0 925.0 920.0
P.F. Chang's China Bistro 853.3 757.5 675.2
Disney theme parks, hotels & 846.3 780.0 770.0
resorts
LongHorn Steakhouse 831.2 774.0 666.1
Church's Chicken 829.1 806.9 771.9
Long John Silver's 800.0 800.0 800.0
Perkins Restaurant and Bakery 785.0 794.1 789.2
Steak n Shake 732.0 720.0 687.0
Holiday Inn 714.0 680.0 665.0
Centerplate 709.6 654.5 617.4
Carrabba's Italian Grill 705.0 649.0 580.0
Radisson Hotels & Resorts 698.5 650.0 640.0
Boston Market 694.1 680.3 710.0
Romano's Macaroni Grill 690.0 740.0 771.0
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts 664.0 700.0 860.0
Friendly's Ice Cream 655.7 671.2 680.3
Bennigan's Irish Amer. Grill 643.0 656.1 655.8
& Tavern
California Pizza Kitchen 642.0 565.0 497.0
O'Charley's 630.0 642.0 620.0
Gate Gourmet 620.2 655.0 652.0
Sodexo School Services 618.0 600.0 575.0
Culver's Frozen Custard 589.9 531.9 480.9
El Pollo Loco 577.6 528.1 478.1
CiCi's Pizza 570.0 540.9 490.3
Hyatt Hotels 569.2 537.0 535.0
Ryan's Grill Buffet & Bakery 564.0 618.0 680.0
Zaxby's 562.8 469.2 346.1
Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n 561.7 508.1 449.3
Biscuits
Logan's Roadhouse 557.8 501.0 450.0
Baskin-Robbins 553.5 554.0 554.0
Del Taco 549.7 534.2 523.0
Ramada Inn 540.0 501.0 498.0
Sbarro, The Italian Eatery 540.0 530.0 515.0
White Castle 539.9 539.4 537.0
LSG Sky Chefs 538.0 562.4 555.0
Chuck E. Cheese's 532.6 530.5 527.4
Ponderosa Steakhouse 504.5 508.1 515.6
Papa Murphy's Take 'N Bake 500.6 444.2 411.4
Pizza
Levy Restaurants sports 500.0 450.0 357.0
concessions
Ruth's Chris Steak House 498.0 461.0 385.5
Captain D's Seafood 495.5 513.4 518.2
Cold Stone Creamery 488.0 471.0 405.5
In-N-Out Burger 475.0 455.0 425.0
Wawa 475.0 458.0 445.5
Jamba Juice 450.0 375.0 340.0
Uno Chicago Grill/ 448.6 442.6 430.1
Pizzeria Uno
TOTALS: $200,324.6 $190,389.2 $180,342.5
* Publicly held U.S. company
** Actual results, estimates or projections
Source: NRN research
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