Financing
Chicken chains’ sales growth slows for the second straight year
Sales at chicken chains on the Technomic Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report grew by 5.3%, mostly because companies keep adding more locations.
Operations
The number of independent restaurants declined by 2.3% in 2025
That drop reflected a net loss of about 9,500 restaurant locations due to an increasingly challenging operating environment. Chain restaurants, however, fared a bit better.