Restaurants faced an unprecedented time in 2020 with disruptions in dining, losing staff and some having to close up shop completely. Although projections have shown the restaurant industry should bounce back, a lot of upheaval has already taken place. This graph from a team at howtocook.recipes shows the top 50 Restaurants by Sales in 2020. Who came out on top when people were stuck at home watching Netflix? Food can be such a mood booster and many people have confided they gained a bit of COVID weight due to veggie out by the TV, so what were they eating? Well according to the chart a lot of McDonald's! They topped the list with sales over $39 billion. That was a 4% increase from 2019. The full top ten restaurants list is below:
McDonald’s: $39.53 billion
Starbucks: $18.71 billion
Taco Bell: $11.31 billion
Chick-fil-A: $10.80 billion
Wendy’s: $10.29 billion
Burger King: $9.66 billion
Subway: $9.17 billion
Dunkin’ Donuts: $8.76 billion
Domino’s: $7.35 billion
Sonic: $5.68 billion
