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Deals shake up top 10 company ranksDeals shake up top 10 company ranks

9 takeaways from the largest restaurant company results

Alan Liddle, Senior Data & Events Editor

August 13, 2019

6 Min Read
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Roark Capital Group got a notable revenue boost from its acquisition of Buffalo Wild Wings.Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Buffalo Wild Wings

The foodservice industry’s largest companies saw two new faces join the upper echelon in the Latest Year, as Roark Capital Group and JAB Holding Co. vaulted into the top 10.

Roark took the No. 6 spot in U.S. foodservice revenue rankings, up from No. 12 in the Preceding Year, while JAB Holding came in at No. 7, up from No. 15 a year earlier. In both cases, the gains were largely driven by acquisitions, a trend seen throughout this year’s report.

In fact, deal making — whether through Latest-Year acquisitions and mergers, or full-year revenue contributions from earlier purchases — clearly drove the gains of the top companies ranked by growth in Latest-Year U.S. revenue. 

Here’s a closer look at those deals, plus other key takeaways from NRN’s...

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About the Author

Alan Liddle

Senior Data & Events Editor

Alan is Senior Data & Events Editor for The Restaurant & Food Group within Informa Connect, including Nation’s Restaurant News, Restaurant Hospitality, Food Management and Supermarket News. He joined NRN in 1984, covering the Pacific Northwest, and later added chief photographer duties, initiated NRN’s regular technology coverage, was on the development team for NRN.com and generated content for NRN’s early podcasting initiative, Podcast Central, beginning in 2006. Alan is senior researcher and data analyst for NRN and Supermarket News market data products, including Top 200 and SN75, and helps develop and present educational programs for conferences and webinars. A graduate of California State University at Fullerton and a former daily and weekly newspaper reporter, he resides in Salinas, Calif.

 

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