This year is shaping up to be a rough one for some major players in the restaurant industry.

It reigns as the country’s largest chicken chain by sales and thethird-largest restaurant chainin the United States overall.

Aside from its financial strength, Chick-fil-A also continues to see intense adoration from its fanbase.

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The foot traffic platform noted that much of Cava’s recent success is probably due toits rapid growth.

A Marchreportfrom Placer.ai revealed that customer visits to Olive Garden rose throughout most of 2023.

While Olive Garden’s traffic did dip in the second quarter, it was only by 0.7%.

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These positive trends have continued into 2024 for Olive Garden.

However, the rising price tag hasn’t put a damper on fans' love for Texas Roadhouse.

Same-store sales were also up 7.7% for Texas Roadhouse’s franchised restaurants.

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Crumbl isn’t growing at quite as rapid of a pace as it has in prior years.

It was also the twelfth consecutive year in which Tropical Smoothie Cafe saw positive same-store sales.

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