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2018 Top 500: Bakery Cafe

The Top 250 limited-service bakery-cafe chains, ranked.
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Bakery-cafe chains within the Top 500 grew sales 4.6% in 2017; unit count increased 0.1%. Seven saw positive sales growth, while 7 saw sales drop.

2018 RankChain Name2017 US Sales ($000,000)2017 US Units
Source: Technomic's Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report; *Technomic estimate

*Technomic estimate; Source: Technomic's Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report

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