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The Nation's Top 5 Restaurants Based on 2020 Sales

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  • Nation's Restaurant News has a massive list of 2021's Top 500 U.S. restaurants. The top five based on 2020 system-wide sales are:
  • 5. Wendy's - $10.29 billion
  • 4. Chick-Fil-A - with $10.8 billion in sales in 2020
  • 3. Taco Bell - $11.31 billion
  • 2. Starbucks - $18.71 billion
  • 1. McDonald's - which more than doubled Starbucks' system-wide sales, at $39.53 billion. Its sales were still strong despite losing dining room sales and axing all-day breakfast last year.
  • Starbucks actually reported a 5% dip in sales for 2020 compared to 2019.
  • Overall, US restaurant sales were down 4.3%, or by nearly $14 billion, compared to 2019.

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