Friday, December 28, 2012

Top 10 Largest Fast Food Chains in the World

A fast food restaurant is known for its scrumptious fast food cuisine and offers quick munching options. The word “fast food” was acknowledged by Merriam–Webster in 1951. For more than 60 years, these quick-service franchises have substantiated that fast food is one of the leading segment of the food industry. Whether its lip-smacking hamburgers, tacos, pizza, or donuts, these yummy franchises continue to successfully lure crowds around the world.
 These fast food franchises remain a popular choice for on-the-go foodies, who love to relish on quick bites. With growing consumer demands and universal appeal this industry is becoming popular among the franchise business. Even the contemporary trend of healthy eating hasn’t changed the taste bud scenario as fast food franchises are still thriving like never before. With the whopping sales in millions and billions of $, the industry has set trend for more fast food chains, prevalent worldwide. Without wasting any more time let’s check the list of Top 10 Fast Food Franchises across the globe.

 #1  Mc Donald’s            


Mc Donald’s offers the world’s most mouthwatering burgers you cannot resist. Its first restaurant was opened in 1955 by brothers Mac and Dick Mc Donald. Today thousands of its outlets worldwide are earning revenue of $24 billion every year. Yummy burgers and quick appealing menu has made Mc Donald’s a popular restaurant in almost all the countries in the world.

 #2  Subway                 


From a small sandwich shop, Subway has boomed into the largest submarine sandwich chain across the globe. Since its inception in 1965, Subway continues to proliferate through its image as a delicious, healthy and fresh alternative among popular fast-food restaurants. It is one of the favorite destinations for foot-long lovers in more than 86 countries.

 #3  Burger King             
 
Since its launch in 1955, the Burger King has very well substantiated its name in the world of fast-food delicacies. It offers variety of hamburgers, salads, desserts and juicy chicken assortments all over the world. With 12,200 outlets, it has commendable global presence and earns a revenue of 2.5 billion$ annually.

 #4  Wendy’s               
 
Be it sandwiches, salads, hamburgers or frozen desserts, Wendy’s has it all. It was founded at Columbus by Dave Thomas in 1969. Wendy’s now has around 6,650 restaurants across the globe and earns annual revenue of 2.469 billion $.

 #5  Starbucks             
 
Starbucks is popular worldwide for its assortment of delightful smoothies, coffee and snacks. Founded by jerry Baldwin in 1971, it has thrived globally and considers mermaid logo as its lucky mascot.  At present it has more than 17, 009 restaurants and earns 10.71 billion $ as its annual revenue.

 #6  Taco Bell               
 
A subsidiary of Yum Brands, Taco Bell is a U.S based chain of fast-food restaurants. The restaurant offers spicy nachos, tacos, burritos and variety of exotic Tex-Mex cuisine. Taco Bell serves in more than 5,800 restaurants in U.S and is loved by more than billions of consumers in the western countries.

 #7  Dunkin’ Donuts                  
 
Dunkin’ Donuts is reputed to be the largest baked goods and coffee chain all over the world. In addition to selling 52 assortments of scrummy donuts it offers an array of breakfast menus including variety of , sandwiches and smoothies. Since 2004, the brand has continued to rank among the top ten franchises and has around 5000 outlets in the United States.

 #8  Pizza Hut              
 
In 1958, brothers Frank and Dan Carney opened a small pizza parlor in their hometown of Wichita, Kansas. For more than 50 years now their pizza chain is famous world over with a reputed name of Pizza Hut. The yummy specialty pizzas can be relished in its numerous outlets around the world.

 #9  KFC             
 
Kentucky Fried Chicken, popularly known as KFC was founded by Colonel Harland Sanders in 1930. Though his recipe for juicy chicken still remains a secret his bequest lives on with KFC restaurants all-round the globe. KFC stretches with more than 13,000 restaurants in more than 80 countries. Along with other renowned marques, KFC is also a part of Yum Brands.

 #10  Sonic Drive-In                 
 
Apart from its accustomed American classics, Sonic offers flavorsome wraps, smoothies, hamburgers and other signature items popular worldwide. Since 1953, Sonic has been famous for its drive-ins coast to coast franchises. It has more than 3,350 outlets across the globe and earns a sale of $1 million every year.
source:http://www.toptenofcity.com
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