3-Year Sales Growth
2004: 4.7%
2005: 7.0%
2006: 7.0%
QSR 50 Segment Sales: $12,515.9 MM
Percent Change: 7.0%
[+] The Popeyes/Church’s 2004 split is paying off for both with sales increases of 9.5 and 4.5 percent respectively. Still, regionals Chick-fil-A and Bojangle’s are the ones to watch.
[–] The chicken segment is a mixed bucket with sales ranging from a whopping 32.4 percent increase at Buffalo Wild Wings to a drop of 4 percent at Boston Market.
2006 Systemwide Sales
| Rank Within Catagory |
QSR50 Rank |
QSR Chain | Sales ($Mil) |
| 1 | 7 | KFC1 | $5,300.00 |
| 2 | 14 | Chick-fil-A1 | $2,274.90 |
| 3 | 20 | Popeyes1 | $1,550.00 |
| 4 | 24 | Buffalo Wild Wings | $869.00 |
| 5 | 27 | Church’s Chicken | $806.90 |
| 6 | 30 | Boston Market | $680.30 |
| 7 | 37 | El Pollo Loco | $528.10 |
| 8 | 39 | Bojangles’ | $506.70 |
3-Year Sales Growth
2004: -1.0%
2005: 4.3%
2006: 0.9%
QSR 50 Segment Sales: $12,672.7 MM
Percent Change: 0.9%
[+] Factor out the depressing performance of the top two and the segment actually rose 8 percent on top of almost 7 percent in 2005.
[–] After rebounding in 2005, the pizza segment went stagnant in 2006 and two chains, Fazoli’s and Hot Stuff Pizza dropped out of the QSR 50 taking $600 million in sales out of the segment.
2006 Systemwide Sales
| Rank Within Catagory |
QSR50 Rank |
QSR Chain | Sales ($Mil) |
| 1 | 8 | Pizza Hut1 | $5,200.00 |
| 2 | 11 | Domino’s Pizza | $3,223.20 |
| 3 | 16 | Papa John’s Pizza | $1,958.40 |
| 4 | 26 | Little Caesars Pizza1 | $810.00 |
| 5 | 33 | CiCi’s Pizza | $540.90 |
| 6 | 40 | Sbarro1 | $496.00 |
| 7 | 43 | Papa Murphy’s Pizza | $444.20 |
3-Year Sales Growth
2004: 23.6%
2005: 16.9%
2006: 15.9%
QSR 50 Segment Sales: $11,197.8 MM
Percent Change: 15.9%
[+] The snack segment continues to show the most overall growth, and Jamba Juice leaps five spots to its QSR 50 debut at 47.
[–] Will other segments catch on to the snack craze and snag sales away from the category?
2006 Systemwide Sales
| Catagory | Rank | QSR Chain | Sales ($Mil) |
| 1 | 6 | Starbucks1,3 | $5,495.20 |
| 2 | 9 | Dunkin’ Donuts | $4,313.60 |
| 3 | 32 | Baskin-Robbins | $554.00 |
| 4 | 41 | Cold Stone Creamery | $471.00 |
| 5 | 47 | Jamba Juice | $364.00 |
2 U.S. and Canadian units
3 Starbucks reports sales for U.S. company stores only. Source: GE Capital Solutions, Franchise Finance and QSR.