UNO Pizzeria & Grill

Consumer Trends

Consumers reveal which restaurant chains earn their loyalty

See which brand beat Denny’s, Applebee’s and others in a new ranking of full-service concepts by the strength of their customer following.

Darden names Lee as CEO

The casual-dining giant’s new board has decided its interim chief was the right person to lead the company on a less-tentative basis.

This casual chain specializes in Chicago-style deep-dish pizza

A family-friendly chain specializing in Chicago-style deep-dish pizzas; also has fast-casual and QSR units

Overall, the varied menu category is flat, up .3% in sales to $23.9 billion and .5% in units to 7,792.

In a recent Technomic survey, customers reveal which restaurant chains offer the most craveable pizzas that they can’t get anywhere else.

Pizza may be a national staple, but its different styles vary based on regions, from the Quad Cities to New Haven. With regional menu items such as Nashville chicken popping up on menus, could pizza be the next regional hit?

Varied menu chains from the 2016 Top 500 ranking reached $31 billion in sales, an increase of 4.1%. Total units grew by 1.5%.

While the Top 500’s casual-dining segment increased sales by 3.5% to almost $58 billion in 2015, it’s losing share as other segments outpace it.

More than half of the restaurant industry’s $491 billion in sales come from the Top 500 chains. And these giants grew at a modestly stronger rate, both in terms of sales and store counts, than the industry overall. Restaurant Business focused on the leading 250 performers to identify trends for our first-ever special report delivering lessons from Technomic’s annual Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report. This special package includes lessons for all operators from the largest chains by segment, menu category and more.

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