In 2022, McDonald's was the leading chain restaurant in the United States in terms of sales. The world renown burger chain amassed over 48.6 billion U.S. dollars in sales that year, which was around 20 billion more than Starbucks.
Leading chain restaurants in the United States in 2022, by sales (in billion U.S. dollars)
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Nation's Restaurant News. (June 22, 2023). Leading chain restaurants in the United States in 2022, by sales (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 10, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/298191/sales-of-the-leading-chain-restaurants-in-the-us/
Nation's Restaurant News. "Leading chain restaurants in the United States in 2022, by sales (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. June 22, 2023. Statista. Accessed June 10, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/298191/sales-of-the-leading-chain-restaurants-in-the-us/
Nation's Restaurant News. (2023). Leading chain restaurants in the United States in 2022, by sales (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 10, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/298191/sales-of-the-leading-chain-restaurants-in-the-us/
Nation's Restaurant News. "Leading Chain Restaurants in The United States in 2022, by Sales (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/298191/sales-of-the-leading-chain-restaurants-in-the-us/
Nation's Restaurant News, Leading chain restaurants in the United States in 2022, by sales (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/298191/sales-of-the-leading-chain-restaurants-in-the-us/ (last visited June 10, 2024)
Leading chain restaurants in the United States in 2022, by sales (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Nation's Restaurant News, June 22, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/298191/sales-of-the-leading-chain-restaurants-in-the-us/