The Future 50

Restaurant operators dream of growth. Developing that concept that connects with customers, that has the legs to expand beyond a mom-and-pop shop or a beloved regional chain to a national player.

Restaurant operators dream of loyalty. Creating an experience that customers didn’t know they wanted but now don’t know how they lived without it.

The operators in our annual list of the Future 50—the fastest growing chains between $25 million and $50 million in annual sales—are well on their way to realizing their dreams.

But you want to know something? Future 50 operators have other dreams too, scary dreams. You can read about those here.


 

Rankings based on percent change in sales. Where interviews revealed updates to Technomic numbers, we include those in the copy, but only base rankings on Technomic’s original.

All percent changes vs. 2010
*Technomic estimate