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America is famous for its easily accessible fast food – with big name national chains becoming widespread from coast to coast.
But which one of the household names comes up on top when pitted against each other for the number of stores across the US?
In a surprising first place overall, Subway has more stores across America than any other fast-food joint – topping the list with 20,603.
The sandwich giant beat out other similar chains to the top spot, with Arby’s coming in second with 3,402 and Jimmy John’s.
Jersey Mike’s and popular Panera Bread came next, with 2,494 and 2,125, respectively, as Firehouse Subs, Einstein Bros. Bagel and McAlister’s brought up the rear.
Subway has more stores across America than any other fast-food joint – topping the list with 20,603
For pizza – a US staple – Hunt Brothers Pizza took the gold with 9,240 while Pizza Hut narrowly beat Domino’s to second place – with 6,862 to their 6,720
Starbucks takes second place overall and is strongly solidified as the nation’s favorite beverage store with 15,966, according to numbers collated by StatsPanda.
Smoothie King came in second with 1,133 while Tropical Smoothie Café had 1,013, and Tim Horton’s brought up the rear with 630.
McDonald’s secured the final place on the podium, with 13,515 stores across the US – with Burger King being the closest burger chain to the family favorite with just 7,257 stores.
Wendy’s had the third most, with 5,995, and Sonic Drive-In and Jack In The Box have the next highest amount with 3,548 and 2,187 respectively.
For pizza – a US staple – Hunt Brothers Pizza took the gold with 9,240 while Pizza Hut narrowly beat Domino’s to second place – with 6,862 to their 6,720.
Little Caesars has 4,169, and Papa John’s has 3,122 – almost a third less the top spot.
Things are closer between the chicken chains, where the top three restaurants with the most locations are KFC (3,895), Popeye’s (2,957) and Chick-fil-a (2,928).
For Tex-Mex, Taco Bell is the certified winner with 8,088 stores to Chipotle’s 3,175 – with less popular Qdoba bringing up the rear with 735.
McDonald’s secured the final place on the podium, with 13,515 stores across the US – with Burger King being the closest burger chain to the family favorite with just 7,257 stores
Starbucks takes second place overall and is strongly solidified as the nation’s favorite beverage store with 15,966
KFC reigns supreme in the chicken restaurants, with 3,895 stores to Popeye’s 2,957 and Chick-fil-a’s 2,928
Dunkin’ Donuts reigns supreme as the king of donuts in the US with 9,412 while Krispy Kreme trailed with just 358.
Panda Express dominates the Chinese chains across the country, with 2, 239 stores, while Dairy Queen is the top of the table for desserts with 4,316.
The numbers come as California cult favourite In-N-Out announced that they are opening up a regional corporate headquarters in Tennessee.
It is the most-eastward expansion yet for the company, whose current most eastward state is Mississippi.
The franchises rare move to head east comes after years of insisting that it would not, only rapidly expanding in 1992.
In-N-Out is planning on opening to continue their expansion East
There are currently 385 locations throughout California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Texas, Oregon and Colorado
Source: | This article originally belongs to Dailymail.co.uk
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