Top 500 Chains
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Leadership
Quick-service pioneer and NFL superstar Gino Marchetti dies at 93
The longtime Baltimore Colt co-founded and built the Gino’s Hamburgers chain. It was a dominant brand in the Mid-Atlantic until its conversion to Roy Rogers in the 1980s.
More than half of the restaurant industry’s $491 billion in sales come from the Top 500 chains. And these giants grew at a modestly stronger rate, both in terms of sales and store counts, than the industry overall. Restaurant Business focused on the leading 250 performers to identify trends for our first-ever special report delivering lessons from Technomic’s annual Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report. This special package includes lessons for all operators from the largest chains by segment, menu category and more.