This story is part of NRN’s Top 100 special report, a proprietary census ranking the foodservice industry’s largest restaurant chains and companies by sales and unit data, among other metrics.
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The Limited-Service Restaurant category, including Burger, Mexican, Sandwich and other specialty chains, boasted five of the top 10 fastest-growing restaurant brands in the Top 100 universe based on year-over-year systemwide sales growth.
Firehouse Subs took the lead as the No. 1 growth chain, with a 33.6-percent jump in total U.S. sales. Its domestic results — $380 million in sales and 569 units for the Latest Year, which ended in December 2012 — put the brand at No. 100 when ranked by total sales. This is the first year Firehouse Subs made it into the Top 100 census.
• Top 100 Rankings and Results
The remaining LSR brands in the top 10 growth chains include: Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches, which saw its sales increase 24.7 percent;...
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