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The fast food business is no longer dominated by burgers-and-fries or fried chicken.
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McDonald's Corp
MCD
▼
152.79
-0.95
-0.62%
TravelCenters of America LLC
TA
▼
3.80
-0.15
-3.80%
Papa John's International Inc
PZZA
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+1.36
+1.67%
Yum Brands Inc
YUM
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74.20
+0.21
+0.28%
According to a poll from our partner, MSN, Americans are more interested in pizza and Mexican food than traditional burger and chicken joints: 37% to 32% respectively.
MSN polls its readers, and then uses machine learning to model how a representative sample of the U.S. would have responded, using big data, such as the Census. It's nearly as accurate as a traditional, scientific survey.
The poll also found roughly twice as many people say their favorite burger place is Wendy's vs. Burger King or McDonald's, and it's even more pronounced among younger Americans. Roughly half the country admits to eating fast food at least once a week.
While McDonald's and other burger chains are synonymous with fast-food for many customers, the rise of pizza and Mexican chains shouldn't come as a shock.
Pizza chains have been on the rise in recent years. Smaller fast-casual chains such as Blaze Pizza and PizzaRev have had explosive growth, establishing a new kind of pizza chain.
However, perhaps the biggest winner in the pizza industry in 2017 is Domino's. In the last nine years, the chain has nearly doubled its sales, reaching $10.9 billion in 2016, compared with $5.5 billion in 2008.
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The fast food business is no longer dominated by burgers-and-fries or fried chicken.
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McDonald's Corp
MCD
▼
152.79
-0.95
-0.62%
TravelCenters of America LLC
TA
▼
3.80
-0.15
-3.80%
Papa John's International Inc
PZZA
▲
82.87
+1.36
+1.67%
Yum Brands Inc
YUM
▲
74.20
+0.21
+0.28%
According to a poll from our partner, MSN, Americans are more interested in pizza and Mexican food than traditional burger and chicken joints: 37% to 32% respectively.
MSN polls its readers, and then uses machine learning to model how a representative sample of the U.S. would have responded, using big data, such as the Census. It's nearly as accurate as a traditional, scientific survey.
The poll also found roughly twice as many people say their favorite burger place is Wendy's vs. Burger King or McDonald's, and it's even more pronounced among younger Americans. Roughly half the country admits to eating fast food at least once a week.
While McDonald's and other burger chains are synonymous with fast-food for many customers, the rise of pizza and Mexican chains shouldn't come as a shock.
Pizza chains have been on the rise in recent years. Smaller fast-casual chains such as Blaze Pizza and PizzaRev have had explosive growth, establishing a new kind of pizza chain.
However, perhaps the biggest winner in the pizza industry in 2017 is Domino's. In the last nine years, the chain has nearly doubled its sales, reaching $10.9 billion in 2016, compared with $5.5 billion in 2008.
