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Here's the Top 5 list:
1. McDonald's
2. Subway
3. Starbucks
4. Burger King
5. Wendy's
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4-27-2011 @2:32PM wongtpa said... How about In & Out Burger? Better than any of above!
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4-27-2011 @5:46PM Ron said... in-and out not a national chain
4-27-2011 @7:38PM john p said... 5 guys burgers and fries beats in and out by a mile!!!
4-29-2011 @8:54PM Craig said... Apparently there are people out there who can afford the high price of coffee shop food. As is the case with those who give their patronage to specialty shops they have no common sense whatsoever. I know for a fact that you are paying upward of 1000% over cost at any specialty shop.
I live in the tourist trap of tourist traps of the state of Wisconsin. What cost the venders $1 costs you $10 or more depending on the markup, so forth and so on. Damn seasonal residents are the ones responsible for the high cost of living in counties, states, etc, whose economies are tourism based .
4-29-2011 @8:11AM sal the fish said... x2 on the Five guys burgers and fries. That`s good shlt.
4-27-2011 @3:30PM ron said... It's all garbage. It has made the US obese and is now headed for Europe...
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4-27-2011 @5:42PM Kenspunkin1 said... "It" didn't make the US obese, we did it all on our own. We all have brains and can think for ourselves, nobody put the food in our mouths and told us to swallow...
4-27-2011 @7:30PM Ron said... Kenspunkin1: that's what they said about cigarettes too.... It's all poisonous garbage.
4-28-2011 @5:02PM Mandi said... Fast food chains and burger joints have been around forever. I eat healthy 90 percent of the time, but every once and awhile I like to tear into a thick and juicy burger and fries. People who eat their all the time and gain weight from it are idiots. You have to make the decision to go to the store, you have t o order from the menu, you pay at the window, you take it home and you shove it in your face. You are at fault, all they are doing is giving you what you asked for.
4-28-2011 @5:10PM Sophia said... No. The big chain restaurants actually DIDN'T do it to us. The people in the United States that are obese have no one to blame except themselves. They OVERINDULGE. They buy more than they need. Needing and wanting something are to different things. Needs: house, money, food. Wants: a McDonald's Big Mac with a McD's Sweet Ice Tea and an order of Dollar Menu Fries, ice cream, to be a billionaire. We eat whenever we feel like it. We eat when we're stressed or when we're depressed, when we need to cry or when someone dies, when a boyfriend or girlfriends dumps you or when someone slumps you. Seriously, we all eat when we have different emotions. The chain restaurants, like McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's or Sonic, ARE NOT TO BLAME for us being obese. We were born to love food. And it's never going to end. Okay? Thanks :)
4-27-2011 @4:22PM Kwolff said... Chick-Fil-A beats them all!!!
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4-27-2011 @4:54PM Priyafeb said... This is wrong. Subway surpassed McDonald's just a few weeks ago.
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4-27-2011 @5:12PM hub1home said... Try reading the article. It reads "..... top 500 restaurant chains in total 2010." 2010 does NOT mean in the last few weeks.
4-28-2011 @6:54AM John said... ....Subway pulled ahead of Mcd's with number of outlets....not sales.
4-28-2011 @11:11AM lawrencentral said... Who'd have thought? Or, is it who would've thought? ...Whatever. As an investor, it would not have occurred to me to get a Starbucks back when their spots were easy to get.
4-28-2011 @4:37PM bj the dj said... Only in number of stores, still way behind in sales a obese customers.
4-28-2011 @4:44PM art massey said... Subway passed McDonald's in the number of outlets not in volume of sales.
4-28-2011 @11:07AM Bubbs said... 'Priyafeb' beat me to it (about Subway surpassing McDo's).... I do understand in the article they are discussing 2010 numbers, so we're nitpicking here, but still... I'm pretty sure it was Slashfood that informed me that Subway is actually #1. It is at least worth noting. I suppose considering people can get a quick meal for $2-3 at Wendy's or McDo's or BK, it takes more guests to generate equivalent revenue, as in 1 coffee at Starbucks = 2 or 3 meals at BK or Wendy's. I'd be interested in seeing the numbers for the average guest ticket amount for all chains.
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4-27-2011 @5:18PM R Joyner said... Oh, they have food? I thought it was just an over-priced coffee shop that attracts insecure people who feel the need to be seen there.
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4-28-2011 @11:12AM Starbucks Coffee Sux said... Excellent post!