Latest August Insights in Restaurant News
| Insights from the Leader in Foodservice Intel | | DATA & RESEARCH | | | The 10 biggest restaurant chains in America by estimated sales per unit
Every year, Nation’s Restaurant News and Datassential partner to present The Top 500, the definitive sales ranking of restaurants in America.
We also look at unit and estimated sales per unit (ESPU) data in this report. |
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| MENU TRACKER | | | Menu Tracker: New items from Burger King, Pizza Hut, and Wingstop
The burrito is one of the original handheld meals, probably invented by migrant workers from Mexico working in the Southwestern United States (food historians put its origins somewhere between Los Angeles and Tucson) who wrapped beans in tortillas to take with them into the fields. But at Costa Vida Fresh Mexican Grill, a 94-unit chain based in Lehi, Utah, the burritos are typically smothered in cheese and enchilada sauce, making them messy to eat with your hands. But they have worked out a solution with new non-smothered burritos that are now available. |
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| TOP 500 RESTAURANTS | | | The 10 restaurant chains that added the most U.S. locations in 2022
Every year, Nation’s Restaurant News partners with Datassential to present the Top 500 restaurants in America based on domestic systemwide sales, then breaks down all the data. This week, we’re looking at the 10 restaurant chains that had the highest net unit growth in 2022. |
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| MENU TRACKER | | | Menu Tracker: New items from Wendy’s, Taco Bell, and Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen
Plus innovation at Bb.q Chicken, Buona, Café Rio Mexican Grill, Freebirds World Burrito, Hooters, Miguel’s Jr., Papa Johns, PDQ, Velvet Taco and Wayback Burgers
Back in January, when the world was all atwitter about British Prince Harry’s tell-all book, Spare, Wayback Burgers, a scrappy 170-unit burger chain based in Cheshire, Conn., indicated that His Royal Highness should consider shutting his damn mouth and instead chew on The Royal Silencer, a three patty burger (the third patty was called a “spare”). |
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