America's Top 50 Fast Food Chains Ranking; 1, McDonald's, Burger; 2, Starbucks*, Snack; 3, Subway*, Sandwich; 4, Taco Bell, Global. When you can't go to a local bagel shop, Einstein Bros. Shake Shack has become an international megachain, so it's no surprise that it's on the list of the 50 most popular fast food spots. Sonic is also Arkansas's most popular fast food stop, while Chick-fil-A completes the top five.\McDonald's? Chick-fil-A? Sonic? Taco Bell? In and out? Of the top fifteen, all chains are American brands.
The most surprising thing is that all these fast food chains are Western cuisine. Most of them specialize in sandwiches and hamburgers. Taco Bell is only Mexican-inspired and, in fact, sells American food. Two, Starbucks and Dunkin', are coffee shops.
Only Orange Julius is a chain of fruit drinks stores and Baskin Robbins is an ice cream chain.\We asked food industry research company Technomic to prepare a list of America's top fast food brands. They are defined as LSR's limited-service restaurants that include burger shops, sandwich shops, coffee shops, pizzerias and more. Jack in the Box is the fifth most popular fast-food burger joint in the United States, but with direct competitors like McDonald's and Burger King, this California-born chain only experienced 1% growth in profits last year. Arby's, best known for its roast beef and curly fries, was forced to close 39 units this year, but still managed to increase profitability in its remaining locations.
Panera Bread, a fast and casual coffee chain that started in St. Louis, opened exactly 100 new locations in the United States last year. It is considered a healthy alternative to the classic fast-food restaurant and leader in the segment. This well-known pizza chain made a name for itself in the 1960s in Ann Arbor, Michigan, but is now a well-known name throughout the country.
The company closed 22 stores last year.\Known for its 1950s retro drive-in movie theater, SONIC is currently the fourth most popular fast-food burger restaurant in the country. Although the company had to close several locations last year, sales did increase. Chick-Fil-A saw a 13% increase in sales this year, but still failed to outperform its main competitor, KFC. This Atlanta-based company opened 64 new units last year alone.
Sales at KFC fell steadily last year and the Colonel had to close 262 locations. The company almost had to give up its title as the main chicken chain for Chick-Fil-A. Interestingly, sales at Pizza Hut remained exactly the same last year, even though the company opened 53 new units. The company Red Roof currently holds the title of the most popular fast-food pizza in the country.\Sales at Dunkin' Donuts increased steadily last year and the company opened 115 new locations.
This Massachusetts-based company is the number two coffee shop behind Starbucks. Taco Bell, the only Mexican fast-food restaurant in the country, is going through a big change. Lots of crazy new products have hit the menus, including the infamous and incredibly successful Doritos Locos Tacos. Burger King ranks third in the competition for the best fast-food burger restaurant in the country.
Last year, sales fell by almost 4% and the network was surpassed by a certain red-haired rival. Sales at Wendy's increased 2% last year amid a marketing revamp that has brought it to number two in hamburgers. Starbucks profits increased 7.5% last year, even though the company decided to close more than 300 locations across the country.\Starbucks still has nearly 3,800 more open units than Dunkin' Donuts, and is starting to expand its store brands with Evolution Fresh and Tazo tea. Subway, which has more locations worldwide than any other restaurant on the planet, is the number one quick sandwich shop in the U.
S. UU. It saw a 7.5% increase in profits and 872 new locations were opened last year alone. McDonald's wins as expected for being the largest fast food chain in America with 5% sales increase last year and 71 new locations opened recently appointing a new CEO too - there's just no way to stop The Golden Arches!\This is a list of largest fast food restaurant chains by their number of locations around world - Idaho prefers Sonic over all other fast food is a small anomaly compared to surrounding states - Known for its square burgers chili and Frostys Wendy's is Connecticut's most popular fast food - But not all fast food establishments share same kind of popularity - if you look at best recent options in each state lack of parity is noticeable - Fast food restaurants are as busy as ever during pandemic thanks to amenities such as self service and relatively cheap prices - Using data from QSR magazine today's infographic ranks 50 largest fast food chains in United States - Fried pork tenderloin sandwiches are an Indiana specialty so it makes sense that most popular fast food chain would specialize in similar item fried chicken sandwiches - Mexican food is popular in Minnesota where Taco Bell ranks first and Chipotle ranks last - Maybe New Mexico's dry warm weather contributes to Sonic being most popular fast food restaurant there - Wisconsin based Culver's known for its butter burgers and frozen custard is South Dakota's most popular fast food restaurant - US Customer Satisfaction Index released its list of best fast food restaurants and Chick fil A took first title for seventh consecutive year - It's important to note that these numbers reflect fast food industry before devastating impacts of COVID 19 - No crab cakes sold at Maryland's top five fast food restaurants where Chick fil A is most popular.
