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Top 50	Sandwich	Chicken
Top 50 by Units	Snack	Asian & Seafood
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The much-anticipated annual QSR 50 ranking is here, and at the top of this year’s list is hamburger heavy weight McDonald’s with more than $32 billion in systemwide sales in the U.S. during fiscal 2010.

For in-depth analysis on all 50 brands on this year’s list, click the Profiles link in the yellow box above.

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QSR 50 Rank	Company	Segment	2010 U.S. Systemwide Sales (millions)	2010 U.S. Average Sales per Unit (thousands)	Total Units in 2010	Total Change in Units from 2009
2	Subway*	sandwich	$10,600.0	$452.0	23,850	816
7	Dunkin' Donuts*	snack	$6,000.0	$839.0	6,772	206
30	Five Guys Burgers & Fries	burger	$716.0	$1,139.0	736	195
29	Jimmy John’s*	sandwich	$735.0	$753.0	1,131	162
24	Little Caesars*	pizza/pasta	$1,253.0	$460.0	2,800	152
18	Chipotle	mexican	$1,840.0	$1,800.0	1,084	129
17	Papa John’s	pizza/pasta	$2,081.8	$863.0	2871	90
35	Papa Murphy’s	pizza/pasta	$648.8	$538.5	1,255	84
49	Cold Stone Creamery	snack	$385.7	$344.0	1,122	76
13	Panera Bread	sandwich	$3,100.0	$2,200.0	1,453	73
22	Panda Express	asian	$1,404.5	$1,093.5	1,336	62
11	Chick-fil-A	chicken	$3,582.5	$2,694.4	1,537	57
37	Baskin Robbins*	snack	$565.0	$220.0	2,600	55
48	Einstein Bros. Bagels*	sandwich	$400.4	$988.0	583	51
1	McDonald’s	burger	$32,395.0	$2,400.0	14,027	47
46	Tim Hortons¹	snack	$439.2	$978.0	602	39
4	Wendy’s*	burger	$8,340.0	$1,418.0	6,576	35
20	Popeyes*	chicken	$1,635.0	$1,053.0	1,580	34
6	Taco Bell	mexican	$6,900.0	$1,288.0	5,634	30
10	Sonic	burger	$3,619.9	$1,023.0	3,572	28
31	Bojangles’	chicken	$712.8	$1,573.3	484	27
26	Church’s Chicken	chicken	$872.7	$695.0	1,250	24
28	Zaxby’s	chicken	$777.6	$1,548.0	514	22
25	Whataburger	burger	$1,225.7	$1,709.0	717	15
44	Qdoba	mexican	$480.8	$883.0	525	15
45	In-N-Out Burger*	burger	$472.5	$1,925.0	252	13
23	Carl’s Jr.*	burger	$1,310.0	$1,375.0	1,097	11
33	Culver’s	burger	$689.1	$1,641.2	424	11
42	Jason’s Deli	sandwich	$503.2	$2,226.6	226	11
36	Del Taco	mexican	$579.0	$1,100.0	522	6
3	Burger King*²	burger	$8,600.0	$1,230.0	7,253	3
12	Domino’s Pizza*	pizza/pasta	$3,305.6	$657.0	4,929	2
27	Steak N Shake*	burger	$786.6	$1,590.0	487	2
5	Starbucks*	snack	$7,560.0	$1,060.0	11,131	0
40	White Castle*	burger	$542.1	$1,300.0	416	-2
38	El Pollo Loco	chicken	$557.0	$1,400.0	412	-3
47	Captain D’s	seafood	$436.2	$819.0	531	-4
15	Jack in the Box	burger	$2,934.8	$1,322.0	2,206	-6
43	Sbarro*	pizza/pasta	$501.5	$623.0	778	-7
34	Checkers/Rally’s	burger	$658.7	$830.4	804	-16
50	Krystal*	burger	$377.3	$1,036.0	364	-20
8	Pizza Hut	pizza/pasta	$5,400.0	$855.0	7,542	-24
16	Dairy Queen*	burger	$2,660.0	$540.0	4,514	-25
32	Long John Silver’s*	seafood	$700.0	$655.0	964	-25
41	Boston Market*	chicken	$513.0	$1,015.0	491	-29
39	CiCi’s Pizza*	pizza/pasta	$545.0	$906.0	594	-31
19	Hardee’s*	burger	$1,695.00	$1,054.0	1,692	-64
14	Arby’s	sandwich	$3,010.0	$838.0	3,649	-69
9	KFC	chicken	$4,700.0	$933.0	5,055	-107
21	Quiznos*	sandwich	$1,430.0	$420.0	3,103	-600