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The 10 Top-Grossing Chain Restaurants in America (Plus Popeyes)
Restaurant Business Online put out their annual list, "The 250 Top-Grossing Chain Restaurants in America", and we've got the Top 10 for you, plus Popeyes (because they made an impressive showing).
One thing we like to do is stress eating "local", as in locally-owned restaurants. Most (if not all) of the money stays close to home and very little, if any at all, heads out-of-state. With that being said, it's local people who staff the national chains, and they deserve our support, too.
Let's start the Top 10 with number 19:
Top 10 Chain Restaurants in US
Again, the list is based on the total sales for the year and, with McDonald's having SO MANY locations, well, there's strength in numbers.
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