Like it or not,restaurant chainsare there for you.
Even if you prefer to dine at more fashionable, localindependent restaurants, the chains offer a dependable fallback.
Herewith, the Top 10 dine-in restaurant chains in America right now, according toFSR.
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These recent successes propelled the South Carolina-based chain from No.
10 inFSR’s latest rankings.
LongHorn has grown tremendously since Darden took over in 2008, expanding from 305 to 562 company-owned locations nationwide.
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The Florida-based chain has been making improvements to both the design and operations of its restaurants.
The newest Outback locations are smaller, more modern-looking, and more cost-efficient, without giving up any tables.
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IHOP made the biggest leap inFSR’s rankings, jumping from No.
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6, after generating over $2.8 billion in sales last year.
The chain even brought back its popular Cinn-A-Stack Pancakes.
For a brief time, B-Dubs eventried combining its boneless wings with pizza.
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With over 1,200 locations, Buffalo Wild Wings surged from No.
5 inFSR’s rankings, after generating an estimated $3.5 billion in sales in 2022.
The casual-dining chain shot up from No.
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4 inFSR’s rankings, after generating over $3.7 billion in sales last year.
The savings allowed Chili’s to start advertising on TV for the first time in three years.
The improvements pushed sales up to $3.8 billion in 2002 and drove Chili’s from No.
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14 up to No.
3 inFSR’s rankings.
The chain even set a new company record for sales in a single week.
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Despite raising the price by $3, the deal helped boost traffic and sales last year.
It proved so successful that the chain has relaunched the program again this fall.
Olive Garden reported over $4.8 billion in sales in fiscal year 2023.
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