Last week my post about the Top Ten Fast Food Chains got a pretty good response, proving the old axiom “people love top ten lists.” So I thought I’d follow up be delving a little deeper and look at the next 10 restaurants on the list. The list is according to total $$ sales, just like the top ten was. The top ten included all the usual suspects (McDonalds, Subway, Wendy’s, Taco Bell etc.) and a surprise for me (Sonic). Here are the #11 – #20 quick service restaurants:
Any restaurants that are on (or not on) this list that surprise you?
- 11. Arby’s
- 12. Jack In The Box
- 13. Domino’s
- 14. Chick-fil-A
- 15. Panera Bread
- 16. Dairy Queen
- 17. Papa John’s
- 18. Hardee’s
- 19. Quiznos Subs
- 20. Popeyes
My first thought? Whoever is still going to Arby’s frequently enough to put them at #11 should probably be rounded up and deported.
14 responses so far ↓
1 joel david // Aug 11, 2009 at 7:10 pm
I’m surprised that Panera Bread is above the Hardee’s/Carls Jr franchise, and that it’s actually considered a real “quick service” joint. Just seems a bit out of place.
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2 Eick // Aug 11, 2009 at 7:27 pm
One thing I should mention is that Carl’s Jr shows up in the 21 – 30 list, meaning clearly they aren’t combining Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr’s sales numbers. I’m guessing it would be top ten if they did.
3 WIBIA // Aug 11, 2009 at 10:00 pm
Wondering if Qdoba and Chipotle are on this list or too fast casual?
Re: Arby’s. Sorry, that is me. It is probably in my top 3. It is right by work and they have..Jamocha Shake!
4 Eick // Aug 11, 2009 at 11:03 pm
@WIBIA
Chipotle and Qdoba both qualify. I’ll be working my way through the list with some future posts. Look for Chipotle in the #21 – #30 post and Qdoba later on.
5 Patti // Aug 12, 2009 at 10:43 am
What’s wrong with Arby’s?
6 Antonio // Aug 12, 2009 at 11:21 am
Yay for Jack in the box. Im surprised Quiznos is so low. Maybe if Quiznos stopped short changing people on the sandwich size they would sell a little more. That bullet is so small.
7 rossitron // Aug 12, 2009 at 12:04 pm
i don’t think quiznos’ product quality can justify the high price and small size. you can easily spend close to ten bucks there for a sandwich that tries to be fancy, but is still fast-food quality. i hate to say it, but the $5 footlong promo really set a standard–that a good-sized lunch can be had for well under ten bucks.
8 Kristen // Aug 12, 2009 at 12:08 pm
where’s Boston Market?
9 joel david // Aug 12, 2009 at 2:50 pm
Hmmm, why don’t they combine the Hardee’s/Carls Jr. numbers? Isn’t it essentially the same thing, same brand?
10 Eick // Aug 12, 2009 at 6:48 pm
@Patti
I think the better question is what isn’t wrong with Arby’s.
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