No dish is quite as synonymous with Americans as a goodold-fashioned hamburger.
All of those burgers mean big business;the average American eats roughly 60 burgers annually!
That works out to around four of five burgers per month.
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That’s a lot ofbeef, which translates to a whole lot of dollars for burger chains.
The home of the Big Mac generatedover $13 billion in profits last year.
Of course, Mickey D’s is far from the only major player in the burger biz.
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Let’s take a look at5 burger chains poised to make major waves in 2023.
Meanwhile, Shack Shackreported a 5.1% increase in “same-Shack” salesfor Q4 2022.
Burger King
The pandemic was not kind to the Burger King brand.
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The beleaguered burger chain recognized there was a problem, and announced the ambitiousReclaim the Flame campaignlate last year.
The new plan already feels like working.
Looking ahead, Wendy’s is prioritizing expansion.
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At the time, expansion beyond the U.S. South was cited as a major motivator of the sale.
At the end of last year the very first of 50 planned locations in Atlanta, Georgiaopened its doors.
The second openedin January 2023.
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Meanwhile, at least a dozen restaurants are planned in Northeast Florida, withthe first slated for this summer.
More specifically, 14 new locations are expected in the Orlando, Florida area.
This is only the beginning."
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