Ranking The National Restaurant Chains

AOL Finance recently featured an article on the best chain restaurants in the U.S.  

 http://www.aol.com/article/2016/07/05/the-20-best-chain-restaurants-in-america/21424422/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl22%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D-780040424_htmlws-main-bb

The ranking was done by Business Insider (www.businessinsider.com) and Restaurant Business  (www.restaurantbusinessonline.com), and the results are sure to provide some surprises.

Raters used data from Restaurant Business and Technomic, and they considered financial performance, customer satisfaction, and overall value for 45 of the largest US chain restaurants. 

Additional factors were sales growth, average sales at each location, consumer-sentiment ratings, and the average cost of a meal.  

Of the top 20 best national restaurant chains, a nine are headquartered in Florida.
  
Red Lobster 
Outback Steakhouse
Bonefish Grill   
Carrabba’s 

Bahama Breeze                                                                                                               
Olive Garden                                                                                                                       
The Capital Grille                                                                                                                 
Seasons 52                                                                                                                            
Longhorn Steakhouse

After that survey, they did best fast food chains:  http://www.businessinsider.com/the-best-fast-food-chains-in-america-2016-5?utm_source=referral&utm_medium=aol

-- Kathy Bissell