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2018 Top 500: Seafood

The Top 250 full-service seafood chains, ranked. By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 22, 2018
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Seafood chains within the Top 500 saw sales drop 3.7% in 2017; unit count decreased 5.4%. Six saw positive sales growth, while 12 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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