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Chick-fil-A jumps two spots to third most popular chain restaurant

By: Sydney Isenberg

Posted at 7:40 PM, May 14, 2020

and last updated 2020-05-14 20:40:28-04

Chick-fil-A has passed Subway and Taco Bell to claim the third most-popular chain restaurant spot.

Restaurant Business magazine reports the chicken sandwich chain made $11.32 billion last year.

McDonald's claimed the top spot with more than $40 billion in sales last year. Starbucks came in second with $21.38 billion.

Rounding out the top five were Taco Bell and Burger King for fourth and fifth place respectively.

So where did Whataburger land on the list? The Texas stable came in at 30th.