The specialty LSR category includes barbecue, salad, seafood, snacks, smaller ethnic cuisines and other small niches. Together, they increased sales by 8.6%, to $6.9 billion, and units by 5.2%, to 11,070. The fastest sales growers illustrate there's plenty of opportunity in the "etcetera" space: Zoes Kitchen, up 21%; Tropical Smoothie Cafe, up 20%; Dickey's Barbecue Pit, up 17%; and Wetzel's Pretzels, up 16%.
2017 Rank | Chain Name | 2016 U.S. Sales ($000) | 2016 U.S. Units |
| 61 | Krispy Kreme | 758,000* | 307 |
| 78 | Dickey's Barbeque Pit | 557,600* | 544 |
| 79 | Auntie Anne's | 547,885 | 1,298 |
| 80 | Jamba Juice | 547,295* | 828 |
| 81 | Captain D's Seafood Kitchen | 543,722 | 515 |
| 86 | Long John Silver's | 475,400* | 950* |
| 121 | Tropical Smoothie Cafe | 314,239 | 535 |
| 128 | Smoothie King | 283,600* | 759 |
| 129 | Zoes Kitchen | 280,356 | 204 |
| 152 | Fazoli's | 237,061 | 212 |
| 204 | Cinnabon | 162,664 | 836 |
| 210 | Wetzel's Pretzels | 152,000* | 284 |
| 238 | Great American Cookies | 130,300* | 345 |
*Technomic estimate; Source: Technomic's Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report
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