Technomic sees 2.3 percent growth this year for top 500 restaurant chains vs. year-ago
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Food Business News] By Eric Schroeder - November 18, 2014 -
CHICAGO, The top 500 largest U.S. restaurant chains are predicted to grow at a rate of 2.3 percent over 2013, according to Technomic, a Chicago-based market research firm. The increase is slightly higher than the 2.1% growth rate from 2012 to 2013 and significantly higher than the 0.5% growth rate in 2009.
“Unit growth will continue to rise in both the full- and limited-service segments,” said Darren Tristano, executive vice-president at Technomic. “Fast-casual concepts still show high levels of unit growth, as do limited- and full-service Asian concepts.”
Technomic said that...
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