Wednesday April 10, 2019, 00:00:00

A Quick Look at the Fastest-Growing Restaurant Brands in the U.S.

By Mark Kalinowski

During 2018, 175 restaurant brands generated at least $200 million in U.S. systemwide sales, according to data compiled by Technomic. For these 175 brands, which ones were the fastest growing? In this report, we look at the top 20 brands of these 175 that expanded their U.S. systemwide sales at the fastest rate last year.

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Sunday April 7, 2019, 00:00:00

Tidbits re U.S. Pizza-Sector Market Share Trends, MCD, and Luckin Coffee

By Mark Kalinowski

We briefly note the following tidbits regarding pizza-sector market-share trends in the U.S., McDonald’s (MCD; Buy), and privately-held Luckin Coffee:

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Sunday March 24, 2019, 00:00:00

Tidbits re MCD, DPZ, and KFC (owned by YUM)

By Mark Kalinowski

We briefly note the following tidbits regarding McDonald’s (MCD; Buy), Domino’s (DPZ; Buy), and KFC (owned by Yum Brands [YUM; Buy]):

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