by Eli Portnoy | Oct 23, 2016 | QSR, Study
Chicken QSRs Across the Country There’s a great game of chicken raging in the quick-serve restaurant market right now. Over the last two months, QSRs serving primarily chicken have taken roughly eight percent of the entire QSR market across the nation, according to...
by Eli Portnoy | Oct 17, 2016 | Study
The Beginnings of a Dynasty The story of Panda Express, America’s favorite fast Chinese cuisine QSR, is an impressive one. The Panda Express dynasty began with Panda Inn, an upscale table service Chinese restaurant opened by the Cherng family in Pasadena, California,...
by Eli Portnoy | Oct 13, 2016 | Study
Potbelly, Who? Many people in the United States have likely never heard of Potbelly Sandwich Shop. With locations almost exclusively in the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and Texas, Potbelly is geographically limited in ways that many of its competitor QSRs are not. For...
by Eli Portnoy | Sep 30, 2016 | Marketing, Study
Taco Tuesday is a tradition across America. Its history is often disputed with many trying to take credit, including Taco John’s which trademarked the name in 1989. But its place in American pop culture shouldn’t be questioned, especially after making a recurring...
by Eli Portnoy | Sep 23, 2016 | Study
It’s Back! On September 5th and 6th, 2016, Starbucks did it again. While for some it may have been an unremarkable Tuesday, for many it was a long awaited, momentous occasion: the thirteenth annual return of the Pumpkin Spice Latte (PSL), Starbucks’ most popular...
by Eli Portnoy | Sep 20, 2016 | Study
The Dallas-Fort Worth area is the 5th largest media market in the United States with over 7 million people. It is also growing very fast and accounts for just under 4% of the total QSR market. So what better way to spend a Tuesday morning than using our data to...