Unit growth presents many advantages for operators in the restaurant industry—lower costs, higher brand awareness, and of course, more customers.
The FSR 50—a list of the top-50 grossing restaurants in the full-service category—provides data showing which brands were expanding the most in the U.S. prior to the COVID pandemic.
While the crisis has completely shifted the landscape, the list does provide insight into which restaurants had momentum as the crisis swallowed the country.
Note: The data is by U.S. restaurants as of 2019 year end. The list of growing chains is among the top 50 highest-grossing full-service chains by total systemwide sales.
