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The biggest chicken restaurant chains in the U.S.

Consumers were all about chicken in 2020, which helped many of the largest chains, according to the Technomic Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report.
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Chicken was huge in 2020 even during a pandemic. That was demonstrated in the performance of the largest chicken chains in the U.S. 

2021 RankChain Name2020 US Sales ($000,000)2020 US Units
Source: Technomic's Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report; *Technomic estimate

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