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Chick-fil-A to become nation's third-largest fast food restaurant by 2020, analysts say
fox news citing buzzfeed citing technomic ^ | 4/3/2018 | Michael Bartiromo

Posted on 04/03/2018 10:42:56 AM PDT by Mount Athos

According to restaurant consultancy firm Technomic, which shared its findings with Buzzfeed News, Chick-fil-A is poised to become the third-largest fast-food chain in the nation by 2020 in terms of sales, trailing behind only McDonald’s and Starbucks.

The chicken chain was ranked eighth in a 2017 report from QSR magazine, behind McDonald’s, Starbucks, Subway, Wendy’s, Burger King, Taco Bell and Dunkin’ Donuts.

“The trajectory we’re on would support that,” a Chick-fil-A spokesman told Buzzfeed News in response to Technomic’s findings.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
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To: catnipman
In-N-Out is regional. only two regions so far: central california and dallas metro and vicinity.

We have an In-N-Out down here in Killeen, just outside of Fort Hood. We're about two-and-a-half hours south of Dallas/Ft Worth.

I have to agree with fwdude (post 31). I have been to In-N-Out one time and was exceedingly not impressed ...

41 posted on 04/03/2018 11:30:38 AM PDT by BlueLancer (Black Rifle Coffee - Freedom, guns, tits, bacon, and booze!)
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To: BlueLancer

their trucking distance is about a 350 mile radius from the central facility ...


42 posted on 04/03/2018 11:34:27 AM PDT by catnipman ( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: The Iceman Cometh

Yeah, and Burger King will sell you a coffee, but that doesn’t make them a cafe.


43 posted on 04/03/2018 11:36:42 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Mount Athos

Starbucks isn’t fast food.


44 posted on 04/03/2018 11:37:11 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: Mount Athos

True story: in Broward county Florida there is a Chick-Fil-A and a McDonald’s RIGHT NEXT to each other. On any given day, you can see CFA backed up with cars. McDonald’s parking lot? EMPTY.

#Winning


45 posted on 04/03/2018 11:38:11 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: Mount Athos

I went to Chick-fil-A in NW Albuquerque yesterday around 1:30 PM. The line was longer than I can remember for non-peak times (usually, by 1 PM, the lines die down). I didn’t time it, but a McD’s with the same size line would have taken twice the time. CfA is good, fast, accurate, and friendly. Every time.


46 posted on 04/03/2018 11:39:14 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: rlmorel
LOL, I expected with “Demolition Man” that it would be Taco Bell!

I was watching a bootlegged copy of Demolition Man one time, and the Taco Bell references were all changed to "Pizza Hut". Apparently, the version my acquaintance had bootlegged was the European version, where they didn't know what a Taco Bell was, but did know Pizza.

Completely threw me.

47 posted on 04/03/2018 11:42:28 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: JimRed

No dollar menu but they do gave things onder a buck.


48 posted on 04/03/2018 11:48:30 AM PDT by CodeToad (The Democrats haven't been this pissed off since the Republicans took their slaves away.)
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To: catnipman

INO is very similar to Freddy’s, which is already in Colorado.


49 posted on 04/03/2018 11:49:30 AM PDT by CodeToad (The Democrats haven't been this pissed off since the Republicans took their slaves away.)
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To: Red Badger

“Ours is right across the street from...”

Ours, and by that I mean the state of Montana, is a seven hour drive from my home.

We have one in Kalispell...that’s it.


50 posted on 04/03/2018 12:24:21 PM PDT by BBB333 (The Power Of Trump Compels You!)
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To: BBB333

Yep, our daughter is on a sports team at MSU and the first place they stopped when they played Utah State was Chick-Fil-A. The kids (& everyone else) all want one in Bozeman


51 posted on 04/03/2018 12:28:28 PM PDT by Troublemaker
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To: fwdude
In N’ Out is vastly overrated

I didn't think the fries were very good, and fries are half of the menu. They seem to only cook the fries once. French fries are traditionally fried at a low temp, allowed to cool, and then re-fried at a high temperature.

The frozen fries used in other fast food places have already been cooked the 1st time before they were frozen.

52 posted on 04/03/2018 12:42:12 PM PDT by j. earl carter
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To: Troublemaker

NICE!

Thanks for sharing - I live in the Bozone.

Wife’s a RE Broker (and a property manager) if you need anything - aside from a good chicken sandwich!


53 posted on 04/03/2018 12:45:37 PM PDT by BBB333 (The Power Of Trump Compels You!)
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To: CodeToad
CFA is #1 in per store sales at $4.4 million per store. McD’s is a lowly $2.4 million per store.

When they crunch the numbers CFA is clearly number one......dont forget they are closed on Sundays.

54 posted on 04/03/2018 12:52:23 PM PDT by Liz ((Our side has 8 trillion bullets;the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.))
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To: Mount Athos

2016 Sales in millions and number of units
1 McDonald’s . .36,389.0 . . . 14,155
2 Starbucks. . . .14,795.4 . . . 13,172
3 Subway . . . . .11,300.0 . . . 26,744
4 Wendy’s . . . . . 9,510.0 . . . 6,537
5 Burger King . . 9,749.2 . . . 7,161
6 Taco Bell . . . . 9,353.8 . . . 6,278
7 Dunkin Donut. 8,200.0 . . . 8,828
8 Chick-fil-A . . . 7,973.5 . . . 2,102


55 posted on 04/03/2018 12:54:40 PM PDT by spintreebob
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To: All
Chi/Mayor Rahm Emmanuel said he didnt want them there, b/c Chick Fil A didn’t represent "Chicago values."

Then Rham issued a statement about how to represent "Chicago Values." "It's easy to do business in Chicago
when you know 'the rules.' Chick-Fil-A can open in our town as long as it adopts 'Chicago Values.' "

(1) weekly cash pay off to the district alderman;

(2) hire six of the alderman's friends who work only random days of the month,

(3) BIG AL from the Mayor's office picks up all cash in brown paper bags at CFA's back door,

(4) Chick Fil A staff trained by Chicago PD to shoot 10-12 customers per month,

(5) Any CFA customers actually killed must be registered to vote as Democrats at the autopsies,

(6) $100,00 campaign contribution to Obama,

(7) free food to Jesse Jackson, Jr, incarcerated b/c he screwed up buying Obama's Senate seat.

(8) free food to former governor Blagovich, incarcerated b/c he auctioned off Obama's Senate seat.

56 posted on 04/03/2018 1:02:29 PM PDT by Liz ((Our side has 8 trillion bullets;the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.))
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To: wardaddy
McDonalds--Where I live one is mostly black teens running it

Ray Kroc would have never let McDonald's become what it has. He was exceptional at cleanliness and consistency. That's gone.
57 posted on 04/03/2018 1:13:44 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

In ‘N Out is still regional. When my son flies home from college in Colorado here to California, we must proceed directly to In ‘N Out so he can get his fix.


58 posted on 04/03/2018 1:15:09 PM PDT by j.havenfarm ( 1,000 Posts as of 8/11/17! Still not shutting up after all these years!)
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To: Mount Athos

Subway has many more locations than any of those.


59 posted on 04/03/2018 1:37:55 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Kalamata

Can’t say I’ve ever walked out of CFA hungrier than when I went in - and I go probably 50 times a year (usually for a salad, but sometimes a sandwich). Stay full till dinner.


60 posted on 04/03/2018 2:01:42 PM PDT by rb22982
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