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Cheesecake Factory Coconut Cream Pie Cheesecake
Texas Roadhouse Sign
Exterior Of An Olive Garden Restaurant
Outside Of A BJ's Restaurant Building
Logan’s Roadhouse Prime Rib
Outback Steakhouse Takeout Food Order Delivered To Home Doorstep
Cracker Barrel Store
Chili's Restaurant Sign
Carrabba's Exterior Of Restaurant
French Onion Ringer Burger At Red Robin, With Drinks
Applebee's Steak And Shrimp
IHOP's New Signature Burritos & Bowls Starting At $5.99
Turkey And Thanksgiving Sides From Denny's
First Watch Exterior Of Restaurant

Shifting economics

Casual-dining concepts were forced to navigate a rough 2020, with widespread jurisdictional restrictions and customer hesitancy. 

With so many things changing last year, it’s a good opportunity to take another look at how economics have changed, particularly restaurants’ average-unit volume. 

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The following is a list of publicly traded full-service concepts that earn the most per store and operate at least 200 units in the U.S. 

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1. Cheesecake Factory

Average sales per unit: $7.8 million

U.S. unit count: 206

Total change in units from 2019: 0

 

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2. Texas Roadhouse

Average sales per unit: $4.6 million

U.S. unit count: 572

Total change in units from 2019: 19

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3. Olive Garden

Average sales per unit: $4.5 million

U.S. unit count: 868

Total change in units from 2019: 2

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4. BJ’s Restaurants

Average sales per unit: $3.7 million

U.S. unit count: 209

Total change in units from 2019: 1

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5. LongHorn Steakhouse

Average sales per unit: $3.2 million

U.S. unit count: 538

Total change in units from 2019: 8

Image credits:Logan’s Roadhouse

6. Outback Steakhouse

Average sales per unit: $3.1 million

U.S. unit count: 706

Total change in units from 2019: –18

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7. Cracker Barrel

Average sales per unit: $3 million

U.S. unit count: 663

Total change in units from 2019: 3

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8. Chili’s

Average sales per unit: $2.6 million

U.S. unit count: 1,233

Total change in units from 2019: –11

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9. Carrabba’s

Average sales per unit: $2.5 million

U.S. unit count: 220

Total change in units from 2019: –5

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10. Red Robin

Average sales per unit: $2 million

U.S. unit count: 546

Total change in units from 2019: –10

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11. Applebee’s

Average sales per unit: $1.9 million

U.S. unit count: 1,600

Total change in units from 2019: –65

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12. IHOP

Average sales per unit: $1.3 million

U.S. unit count: 1,670

Total change in units from 2019: –40

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13. Denny’s

Average sales per unit: $1.2 million

U.S. unit count: 1,504

Total change in units from 2019: –55

Image credits:Denny’s

14. First Watch

Average sales per unit: $1.1 million

U.S. unit count: 409

Total change in units from 2019: 41

Image credits:First Watch
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