The Future 50 2012

The operators in our annual list of the Future 50—the fastest growing chains between $25 million and $50 million in annual sales—are well on their way to realizing their dreams.

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Rankings based on percent change in sales. Where interviews revealed updates to Technomic numbers, we include those in the copy, but only base rankings on Technomic’s original.

All percent changes vs. 2010
*Technomic estimate

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