Technomic sees strong growth for top restaurant chains

摘要

The top 500 largest U.S. restaurant chains are predicted to grow at a rate of 2.3% over 2013, according to Technomic, a Chicago-based market research firm. The increase is slightly higher than the 2.1% growth rate from 2012 to 2013 and significantly higher than the 0.5% growth rate in 2009. "Unit growth will continue to rise in both the full- and limited-service segments," said Darren Tristano, executive vice-president at Technomic. "Fast-casual concepts still show high levels of unit growth, as do limited- and full-service Asian concepts." Technomic said that among full-service restaurant menu segments, Asian concepts will increase units by 5.1%, followed by seafood (3.9%) and steak (3.4%). Asian/ noodle also leads the limited-service menu segments, increasing unit counts by 8%, while bakery cafes and coffee cafes will grow units by 5.2% and 4.2%, respectively, Technomic said.