World's Biggest Food Franchises (1950-2020)

[@dataisbeautiful8913]

Which is your favorite fast food restaurant?

[@tomasr4911]

Burger King ❤️❤️ I visited BK only 2 times but it was pretty good

[@TheGreatJord]

SOOUBWAY!

[@adamstolarczyk2655]

only KFC!!!

[@aliensam2579]

It really hard to choose who is my favorite a lot of thems is very good foods .70 % of the fast food restaurant that show on video is my favorite. 🙂🙂🙂🍔🍔🍟🍟🍕🍕🍕🌮🌮🌯🌯🍩🍩🍩🍦🍦🥓🥓mmmmmm foood restaurants.

[@binmelone]

Kfc gang

[@LaurynCeciliaSims]

I’ve never heard of orange Julius in my life. 1 year update: 4.4k- more likes than the pinned comment lol

[@prestonfox686]

If you order a smoothie at dairy queen you might see its logo on the cup

[@patrickbateman1540]

It was the most famous food franchise in North America back in the 60s nowadays it's dead

[@jasonkernjr5343]

Must be young, they were big for awhile but kind of disappeared. Seriously good smoothies

[@bulbousbungleton8691]

The best smoothies money can buy lol. I had no idea they were so old tho.

[@Melissa-wx4lu]

Usually in malls. they had the best smoothies.

[@mlk0-0]

When I tell you my jaw actually dropped when Subway surpassed McDonald's *and actually held that spot.* That, I did not expect

[@syxepop]

If you compare in Puerto Rico alone (3500 sq. mi. or so) there were in 2017 (before Hurricane María) 120-130 Mc Donald's and BK's, but ~ 240 Subways (those are in 2021 barely above 200). So it CAN happen. And in some places Starbucks can be as abundant as Subways.

[@lilithblue]

its around the time Walmart dropped McDonalds and picked up Subway as a restaurant inside their stores, I'm pretty sure. so it makes sense

[@gfg31000]

The concept of „making“ your own food is fucking cool

[@JonathanRootD]

Even Jared couldn't take that away.

[@kram152]

@xxtine Yeah and alot of times subway will put i buildings that are just big enough for the food line. and because of that size they will put multiple subways in a town. My home town wasn't that big, but we had 3 subways, one of them being in walmart. no other restaurant had more then one in our town

[@Roblo2aj]

put in 2x speed for better experience

[@woooooooooooooooooootoo]

You deserve to be president

[@jennifermabie3144]

Yas

[@greednamikaze967]

Ay Election Day is coming I just voted for u

[@Roblo2aj]

@@strastven5475 no problem

[@adilabdella7986]

You your self put it in 2x speed that why he didn’t

[@Macdelaven]

According to McDonald's own site, they only had 1 store in 1954 and didn't start adding franchises until after 1955. This chart has them at 358 locations in 1950. It has me questioning all these videos now.

[@sassymouth2056]

That’s the McDonald’s franchise business that we know today with the Golden Arches but the original started in 1940

[@jordanbrock8856]

And Starbucks only had 4 stores in 1980....lies!

[@stefy82]

@@jordanbrock8856 who said that ?

[@aieo471]

@@stefy82 James B. Lincoln Founder of the FOL project.

[@Kevin-zz9du]

Why would you have trusted them to begin with?

[@aetreus88]

Never heard of hunt brothers and sure as hell never heard of orange Julius

[@Takananoshi]

Orange julius is now partnered with DQ

[@electrix01]

Same. Never heard of Dairy Queen either

[@redturtle234xd5]

What! Orange Julius and Dairy Queen are awesome Edit it’s basically ice cream and smoothies

[@ch3ma474]

ElectricDude we’re the hell you live for not knowing Dairy Queen?? Is like Johny Rockets (and they sell Ice cream and hamburgers)

[@oliviaspecht7228]

Never heard of Hunt Brother's Pizza either. I have heard of Orange Julius, just didn't know how big they were at the beginning

[@toasterman9362]

McDonalds: You can’t defeat me Wendy’s: I know, but he can **S U B W A Y**

[@robotnikkkk001]

.......THEY HAVE PRETTY CHEAP REQUIREMENTS,THOUGH .....MCDONALDS IS FAR MORE RESPONSIBLE IN THAT THING

[@Marcelo_Araujo]

👎 mcdonald's

[@inanutshells]

SOUUBWAY

[@alfetor]

fathir ahmad Odd1sout

[@madmoosewilly8394]

BaBaBaBaBAaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@clinthowe7629]

Another surprise was Starbucks being around in the early 80s never heard of them until the 2000s

[@robtyman4281]

... that's because they weren't known as Starbucks until around 1998. Before this (you may have heard of this name) they were known as 'The Seattle Coffee Company'. Evidently it's not as succinct as Starbucks, which is probably why the name was changed. It was at this point that the whole 'mega coffee chain' thing started to take off outside of America. This was especially noticeable in the UK where I'm from. In the UK we have big domestic rivals to Starbucks - Costa, and also Cafe Nero.....both of which are huge in the UK, and have held their own against Starbucks. Very surprised Starbucks had yet to overtake McDonald's in the US, as it overtook McDonald's here in the UK many years ago. It's been more successful than McDonald's (in the UK) for over a decade now.

[@starmc26]

@@robtyman4281 wow, not true.

[@robtyman4281]

@@starmc26 The combination of the enormous clout that supermarkets now have in the British high street, coupled with the strongly established bug coffee chains has seen a huge chunk taken out of McDonald's profits, here in the UK. Domestically, don't underestimate the power of Tesco - they have pushed McDonald's back for sure. I can't speak for the US, only what's happened here in the UK.

[@starmc26]

@@robtyman4281 Starbucks was never the Seattle coffee company.

[@victorhopper6774]

@@robtyman4281 mcd's =19 billion in sales last year.

[@original4934]

I'm shocked at how long it took McDonald's to get going and I'm also shocked that Subway overtook them soooo fast.

[@sevenoxia7199]

As I’m not American I don’t know if I should feel surprised or not that Subway overtook McDonald’s, but looking at my country (Australia) we have heaps more subway outlets than McDonald’s outlets and this is because Subway expanded into small towns of like 1,000 or 2,000. There’s even a drive thru subway in a town of 700 people about 2 hours from where I live.

[@rakka3747]

@@alkdjfhgks1919 the original owners were swindled out of thier own company by ray croc " the founder" of mcds. Mcds isn't even a fast food company anymore. It's a real estate company. They buy and own the land the restaurant sits on. So if you don't follow what the say, you lose the lease to the stores name, products and plot of land.

[@chriskarsseboom2200]

This is locations not actual revenue: McDonald's: $37 billion in system-wide U.S. sales. Starbucks: $13 billion in system-wide U.S. sales. Subway: $10.8 billion in system-wide U.S. sales. Burger King: $10 billion in system-wide U.S. sales. Taco Bell: $9.8 billion in system-wide U.S. sales.

[@rayrayber_]

Sub way is also in almost every walmart and stuff like that

[@charliehovey4534]

they havent subway in my area is bare mcdonalds always packed.

[@reubencasley7133]

Subway: Excuse me, sorry excuse me. Coming through.

[@adversemiller]

I love this

[@musicbass4469]

Yeah I work at subway

[@ieatdeath-7724]

Subway died down a bit in the end

[@sxnflowers8039]

@@ieatdeath-7724 yeah.

[@lelandsperry1511]

*Sooubway

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

The reason for so many Subway restaurants: expansion into smaller towns often bypassed by other fast food chains.

[@qfmarsh64]

You can also very easily build them into a gas station.

[@LEFT4BASS]

It should be noted too that an average Subway serves far fewer customers than an average McDonald’s, so even though Subway has more total locations, their sales are probably much lower. And they’ve become very over saturated with stores cannibalizing sales from one another. It’s started to decline pretty significantly.

[@nickw4778]

I agree. Also, don't forget the massive Walmart expansion.

[@briank5877]

I would like to add in the low franchise costs to open one.

[@johnnyspeed8852]

That's partially it. For the longest time (and, possibly, still) they were the cheapest & easiest to franchise with. My Dad almost bought into one back in the day, and we were by no means rich...

[@7StarHeryla]

Not gonna lie, I have never heard hunt brothers pizza

[@michaelv3340]

They're gas station pizza. I've never eaten one, but about half the convenience stores around here sell them.

[@Bbb.anana6]

Same as well as orange Julius 😐

[@dragonkiller433]

Gas Station Pizza. It's not bad.

[@sunward7724]

I had it once and its pretty good ngo

[@chitlitlah]

@@michaelv3340 Ah hah! I thought it seemed familiar, but I was pretty sure I'd never seen any restaurants. Now 'Orange Julius' is the only one I don't think I've ever seen.

[@scootymcfluffybutt3765]

One sunny afternoon, old man McDonald and his friend Orange Julius were sitting around in their pizza hut playing dominos when they decided to go out and get something to eat. They took the subway downtown and went into their favorite Mexican restaurant. They rang the taco bell for service, and Wendy the cashier promptly appeared. She informed the duo, that unfortunately, the restaurant had just run-out of burritos, but some excellent fried chickens had just been flown-in from Kentucky. "Fantasic!" exclaimed old man McDonald, "how much do they cost?" "They're five bucks apiece," Wendy replied. "Oh no," old man McDonald said sadly, " I don't have that much cash on hand. Can I pay with credit?" "No," Wendy explained, "we only accept cash." At just that moment their friend the burger king, who lives on the sun, teleported into the restaurant and said, "Don't worry friends, I have a pocket full of star-bucks!"

[@daylanjones143]

👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@themeowhogsmeowkitten4178]

Yes,

[@mitchellcampbell9242]

Nailed it

[@Demoli1584]

A moment of silence for orange Julius

[@LordHoward]

I love this

[@markrine5368]

This must be by amount of restaurants because I’m sure McDonald’s brings in more money then subway

[@cyrusk9617]

Asia their huge their main reason why their is more android users

[@Le_MarcoPolo]

Yes it is amount of restaurants

[@icantthinkofaname2812]

@@cyrusk9617 ? Android and food restaurants are two different things! 😂

[@oliviaspecht7228]

Yes, Subway surpassed McDonald's in restaurants because they don't need to cook everything making their restaurant size smaller and able to fit in more places like plazas and inside Walmarts

[@JacksoMapper]

mark rine most subways have like 1 person and McDonalds has like five at all times I think

[@druhanperera]

Be honest who actually thought subway would be at the top 🤔

[@catbeautiful2770]

Yeah its really at the top lol

[@lokineedsusernameideasagai6084]

It is on a top

[@Legofan100gaming]

It's the cookies

[@scsstopmotions989]

They have a lot of resteraunts but lots or most of them don’t make much of a profit.

[@tentstypler5170]

I have never been there and I won't, I can make my own food at home cheaper

[@neosmith8933]

As a kid in the 90s my mom would take me to the mall once a month or so for an orange julius and an original cookie. Those were slightly better times.

[@claygeorge7857]

We have one in our mall too

[@YT911YT]

Hi you are like 21 now

[@neosmith8933]

try mid 30s

[@kevinwang2723]

We had one in our mall too, very small town though, but they have the best fries. We get our smoothies at Jumbo Juice in my generation.

[@YT911YT]

@@kevinwang2723 You live Such a Great life

[@franklinturtle9849]

It is rather impressive that McDonalds had 358 locations in January of 1950. Considering the fact that the franchise did not get founded until 1955 by Ray Crock with 9 locations.

[@HunterShows]

Yeah, the McTimeTravel Machine was developed at McDonald's enabling them to do that.

[@_Opal_Miner_]

That is the bullshit origin myth mcdonalds tells people on their website. Truth can be found on Wikipedia

[@scottsikorski380]

@@HunterShows LMAO Unseen gold right here!

[@MacXpert74]

I was thinking the same thing. "McDonalds in 1950?, uh?". I guess you exposed 'Data is Beautiful', they're just making stuff up! 😂

[@bleeka325]

The first McDonald’s was opened by Dick and Max McDonald in 1940. Ray Kroc purchased it from them in 1961. Where did you get that information?

[@vivaelbetis2086]

Everybody gangsta until amazon launches a fast food franchise

[@leevionpro]

Koala hamburger

[@phillips476]

for real

[@bangerbangerbro]

Or Facebook.

[@Top10soon]

Amazon eats

[@Top10soon]

Delivering straight to your door in the same package with your thongs

[@chrisjpn1973]

Credit to orange Julius for starting the fast food franchise even though I’ve never heard of it

[@Phil-ui4tm]

Orange Julius and a pint of vodka on your lunch break.

[@thefrognextdoor]

@Huma17 doesnt exist in england, so maybe they live there

[@sbyrstall]

White Castle has been around since, I think, the 30s.

[@I.C.Weiner]

@@sbyrstall Steak and Shake was also started in the 30s

[@sylviasummerful]

@Huma17 bay area，never heard

[@Nextraker]

Props to Pepsi for building kfc, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut

[@lenski1115]

They bought them

[@lord_beethoven1169]

Don’t forget Long John Silver’s

[@wp4872]

Pepsi taking so many L’s at this point

[@cesar-co4il]

O

[@SaladKnife.]

@@m.dewylde5287 bruh all of em are bomb, wtf are u talking bout

[@NothingToPointOut24]

Subway had probably the best fast food marketing campaign in history. They were actually able to convince people that their sandwiches were healthy. One of my old co-workers believe that getting a meatball sub twice a week was MUCH better for his health than getting a BigMac twice a week.

[@peterkovach8655]

That was quickly followed by perhaps the worst marketing campaign in fast food history....

[@NothingToPointOut24]

@@peterkovach8655 eh say what ya want about what Jared turned into to or got convicted of, but he's probably the 2nd most recognizable fast food mascot behind Ronald McDonald. And that was before everyone knew him for being a pedo.

[@MySkinnydip]

I still remember the five dollar foot long commercials. I remember they emphasized the color green and had a Godzilla!

[@DarthSoto78]

Followed by having to make everybody forget about the pedophile spokesman they had for years.

[@NothingToPointOut24]

@@DarthSoto78 Subway went downhill wayyyy before that scandal because people started to realize their "healthy" food wasnt healthy at all.

[@Wildman-lc3ur]

Orange Julius: I used to be one of the top restaurant chains in the world until February 2009 where I was forgotten and now everyone only knows me as the nondairy item at dairy queen

[@packisbetter90]

I think DQ bought them out

[@danygamer6684]

where's cluckin bell? big smoke would be mad

[@oosvark2]

Don’t forget Burger Shot

[@SeismosVideoCorner]

That is not even a real restaurant

[@yonder8287]

@@SeismosVideoCorner R/wooosh

[@burgamin5467]

“I'll have two number 9s, a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip, a number 7, two number 45s, one with cheese, and a large soda”

[@joneyt9100]

Gta 5 be like

[@grilledchessefam8448]

Mah favorite restaurant is probably my 'mom's kitchen'

[@tommygunner321]

I also like to eat in your moms kitchen, after I’m done I usually get something to eat.

[@lilchloi6422]

Anybody else think that McDonald's food is like so fake

[@adorableadory]

Same!

[@sxnflowers8039]

My fav restaurant is my dads kitchen c:

[@tommygunner321]

@k k I also love your Moms kitchen and her, of course I’m yet to try the food, but everything else was top notch.

[@danielx7609]

You mean to tell me that Orange Julius was the largest fast food restaurant at some point?

[@danielkelly5443]

That moment when KFC starts going backwards F

[@IMbirdieful]

i'm pretty sure they took such a big hit, because during the 2000s a story got released about how their genetically modified their chickens to have no mouths or buttholes... And that spread like wildfire. I remember people talking about it a LOT. I think thaty might have had something to do with the drop

[@ballsil3]

@Douglas Brown but atleast it’s still in my favorite restaurant list tho

[@House_0f_Thrills]

1:21 My man KFC be like let me introduce myself. Then 6:12 KFC is like, get trolled i, back

[@charedits333]

F

[@charedits333]

KFC at my city closed for a year or 2 (Maybe even 3) Something happened with raw chicken or the chicken machine wasn't working, maybe I forgot now cuz it's been open back for awhile now.

[@flibbidyx2]

Fun fact: KFC actually didn't start in Kentucky, it started in Utah. Col. Sanders was from Kentucky and had a restaurant there, but the KFC name didn't exist yet. After meeting Pete Harman at a restaurant convention, he introduced Harman to his fried chicken recipe. Harman began selling it in his own restaurant, referring it to as "Kentucky Fried Chicken," which he said was "Finger lickin' good." It was so popular, Sanders began licensing the name and recipe all across the country.

[@tevinfw]

And boy did he.

[@Phil-ui4tm]

He dressed like a plantation slave owner.

[@joeldavis5815]

Not long afterwards they started charging $10 for two pieces of anorexic chicken and I've never been back since....

[@rdogg9900]

Fun fact: KFC sued Sanders because he trashed their food in interviews because they changed some of the recipes. He also traveled around to locations, walked in, walked behind the counter and started making the chicken himself to teach employees proper way to make it, even though he was just a spokesman and face of the business

[@73challenger5031]

My first job was at KFC and we had a plastic statue of Col. Sanders in our lobby. It didn't last very long.

[@andriinaum1411]

Can you show what units use in graphs, because sometimes I have no idea.

[@swy334]

Locations I assume but yes there should be a legend. Even if it's obvious

[@Ekfdjdqp]

@@swy334 Yeah I agree with you, that would be really interesting to show us the units ^^

[@yepp7686]

yeah

[@gustavsantos6225]

It's the quantity of restaurants

[@eddyarrasjid3296]

Yes but it's easier to see it

[@vibrationtherapy7296]

Horse racing commentary on these videos would be epic “And subway is closing the gap on McDonald’s going down the back stretch, and it’s Subway surprisingly surpassing the great Ronald McDonald to take the lead and pulling away fast and it’s SUBWAY winning the Kentucky Fried Derby!!!”

[@mandmsmapper8400]

That's why I see Subway everywhere.

[@mreaglehead6985]

@@raisy6091 its the cookies

[@lucafuredi590]

but I don't😂

[@Melissa-wx4lu]

For real. My town is only 32,000 people. it's 2 and half hours away from the next "Big City" and we have 3 freaking Subways.

[@brayanguel5430]

I always see a subway empty i never saw a subway with people

[@mandmsmapper8400]

@@brayanguel5430 me too.

[@goldenbutterfly9052]

Everyone: Orange Julius is the best and the most popular Me: I’ve never heard of it..

[@darcelmccoy]

I’ve only ever seen them in a random mall foodcourt and usually attached to a Dairy Queen

[@morganrussman]

Same.

[@burstrow]

@@darcelmccoy because they partnered with DQ

[@lizzietaylorsversion5941]

You must be young, it was really popular, but it’s kinda dead

[@Phil-ui4tm]

Julius was the OG

[@Killdahcake]

To be honest I just went to Subway and their sandwiches are so delicious

[@mrking2649]

Agreed

[@jankhank3894]

It's like quiznos and Jim's fell off the face of the planet lol😂

[@lincolnmust6756]

They are rlly good

[@zacharymassey4859]

At least Jared Fogle (which I call Shitted Down Angry Video Game Nerd) isn't spokesperson there anymore.

[@saraicalderon1608]

I never ate subway

[@kenjikenji2003]

I have been enjoying and sharing these data time-lapses but now question their creditably. McDonald’s is shown with 358 Franchises in 1950 Jan but Ray Kroc started McDonald’s as we know it today in 1955 April. Even when taking into account the original Dick and Mac McDonald’s, they had 14 franchises in 1948. Please help clarify the discrepancy.

[@StamfordBridge]

A lot of the data in this had me scratching my head.

[@Fordry]

Starbucks popping up with hundreds of locations in the 70s is completely wrong.

[@SheetfooZc]

I thought dick and mac only had 6 locations in total before Ray Kroc stole the company. Guess all the movies are wrong??

[@Guitarzan8]

I was going to ask what the number meant. Does it mean number of franchises, or $ sales, or what?

[@bklyncyclist]

@@Fordry They were just a local Seattle chain in the early 80s and we only considered the Pike Place store as real. Things went south as they expanded since the hand picked, small batch ethos of the original couldn't be replicated on the large scale they've become. I used to love their coffee and now I despise it.

[@wiiiz3]

Subway? There is rarely any line ups when i go there

[@haruhifujioka5952]

Asian markets. There huge in many Asian markets.

[@KarenSieradski]

Not sure what exactly they're measuring, but Subway has a very low startup cost compared to other franchises. They also do. not regulate their stores like McDs does.

[@subscriberswithoutavideo-si6jb]

Karen Sieradski this is probably based on the amount of locations

[@greasynpc]

Its in locations and honestly i really like subway

[@matthewelson6042]

Thats because its in store counts and also subway has had a big decline over the past few years causing them to shut down thousands of locations

[@Ehsan793]

What happened to KFC from 1991 to 2009 can anybody explain?

[@marshalljarnagin9370]

My only experiences there are super dry fried chicken and biscuits. Also, my parents have commented on them having poor hires. Id honestly prefer Popeyes.

[@TheTornadoMan]

Most of KFC restaurants are franchised and KFC take a cut off the profits from those Franchises. Since KFC was a had a lot of competition with other fast food restaurants so many choose different restaurants during that time. Resulting less people to profit form so many locations failed. Not until 2008 Economic crash, where many of KFC competition started to fail so KFC was able to gain back from it's downfall. IDK, that's the right reason but been watching a lot of Company Man videos so that's the best I can do.

[@lucafuredi590]

ummm no😂

[@sanewater707]

They started losing money and had to sell some of their eateries

[@connorbaviation178]

Well their food is good but it's still fast food, however chic fil a is the best even tho they're not necessarily fried chicken

[@JamsterKamster]

I love how Subway just dashed in and went: "Move outta here IM GONNA LEAD EXTRAS."

[@LEFT4BASS]

It’s really only in the lead in number of stores though. By sales, it’s not even close to McDonalds.

[@mattiasjerman2344]

lmfao sooubway is literally bakugo

[@juanopato3268]

Subway is wonderful

[@chriskarsseboom2200]

This is locations not actual revenue: McDonald's: $37 billion in system-wide U.S. sales. Starbucks: $13 billion in system-wide U.S. sales. Subway: $10.8 billion in system-wide U.S. sales. Burger King: $10 billion in system-wide U.S. sales. Taco Bell: $9.8 billion in system-wide U.S. sales.

[@jeffjones8866]

orange julius was on the list for nearly 60 years. that is what surprised me the most. I knew all the big name places would be there.

[@l.m.h.1597]

McDonald's: Nobody can beat me! Subway: are you sure about that? 2002: McDonald's left the Chat

[@MegalomanX]

No problem Jason boy

[@ML-u6d]

u mean 2003

[@craigusselman546]

Mcdonalds champ 1981-2003 subway 2003 present.

[@jay-jm7gl]

this is the amount of restaurants lol

[@pauldias228]

Subway more like sooubway

[@z_nexxx]

People: Its just subway Me: *S O O U B W A Y*

[@justbored195]

-TheOdd1sOut

[@wiccanrxes5200]

AYy anix

[@tueytommy]

Odd1sout fans

[@Ferbarboza05]

The Odd1sout

[@cheeseconsumer3000]

The Odd1sOut

[@GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy]

This video would be that 'Super Size Me' guy's worst nightmare.

[@Wina_Wina]

Morgan needs to be self-aware of this.

[@speedfreak5616]

No wonder subway are so big, they're literally in every petrol station and residential area imaginable

[@TheHolyMongolEmpire]

KFC blew up in 09 when they opened up everywhere in Asia.

[@christelheadington1136]

It is visited by USAmericans when the visit Asia.

[@kurtpunchesthings2411]

Now its incredibly popular in Japan a Christmas thing that started there was buying KFC except you need to pre order your KFC for Christmas generally a month in advance

[@IAmNessie]

Mcdonald’s: nuh subway don’t take #1 pls Subway: haha sandwich machine go brrrr

[@justlikeit417]

Thumbnail: Mcdonald figure wearing Burger King hat **Visible Confusion**

[@oliviaspecht7228]

And holding Starbucks

[@cristiantecsa1252]

@@oliviaspecht7228 -confusion intensifies-

[@slayride136]

Hmmmm

[@skelet8337]

With subway sandwich cofused screaming

[@MoMo-nk9ly]

You mean a mcdonald clown 😑

[@Aireck174]

6:34 I remember at the time people thought Jared getting arrested would hurt Subway but they stayed strong.

[@Anastaecia]

why would it hurt them? they didn't know.

[@gamewizardks]

I believe that it was incredibly easy to open a Subway Franchise. I think about 50-100K could do it back in the 90's and they handed the franchise licenses out like candy. They started out in mini-malls where rent was cheap, so a lot of entrepreneurial types got into it.

[@Formulemur]

Still about 100k nowadays

[@lelandclayton5462]

I know a few people that bought subway franchises just so they could use the profit to fund other businesses that they wanted to go into originally.

[@LawF250]

There was 3 in the tiny small town I grew up in!!

[@youngnutsack17]

I wonder if the $5 footlongs gave subway the boost to become so popular tho, since their major growth started around the same time the first $5 foot long commercial came out

[@gamewizardks]

@@youngnutsack17 I remember back in the 90's, scoring a few rare coupons for buy-one get-one $5 subs. That was the best.

[@jcbond.]

Wow. Starbucks was around since the 70s, I didn't know that one. I never heard of Orange Julius.

[@Phil-ui4tm]

It’s where your mom used to go to mix her vodka

[@CATMANJess]

@@Phil-ui4tm not everyone's mother was a drunk bro speak for yourself lol

[@Phil-ui4tm]

@@CATMANJess, *social drinker

[@CATMANJess]

*drunk

[@Phil-ui4tm]

@@CATMANJess, functional alcoholic

[@samsayss.uhhmmm]

KFC: "Now I'm gonna leave you guys...or maybe not"

[@gnarkiller]

90 percent of the KFC's around where I live closed or turned into Popeyes, and Popeyes is 100 percent better. KFC went to shit

[@evergreen2675]

@@gnarkiller KFC is for some reason more popular outside of America

[@warphonesS22]

There is a subway at every truck stop, nearly every Walmart, almost every gas station, every small town. But I never knew it was bigger than McDonald's.

[@kiinseyy7912]

Bro when KFC passes orange Julius I. 1971, it was perfectly on beat with the music

[@chitlitlah]

This list changed surprisingly little. I expected it to start with a bunch of restaurant chains I'd never heard of, but the only one I don't think I've ever seen was Orange Julius.

[@thatinternetdude1392]

They were in malls at least into the late 90s

[@caseysmith544]

@@thatinternetdude1392 Yep often a Stall so they could be easy to miss as a food chain.

[@kurtpunchesthings2411]

Yea in fairness they stayed relevant for over half a century

[@elgiacomo]

Some of these numbers appear to be WILDLY inaccurate. Even just looking at Starbucks, they had 17 locations in 1987, while this video states around 5,000. Starbucks didn't have 5,000 locations until sometime after the year 2000.

[@joshuamaxwell8376]

I like how A&W was like, hey I made it on the board. Funny thing, they tried to beat the Quater Pounder by selling I believe a 1/3lb for the same price. But people didn't know math and thought it was less.

[@cattle-vd4tu]

true story

[@TheCrazierz]

Been there once. Ok

[@cattle-vd4tu]

@@TheCrazierz mega bean sprout fart mempingus chachingus POOOOOO LOOOOOOL sh1fely raging cattlespring

[@cameronr7223]

@@cattle-vd4tu yes

[@hayleyharrington599]

2008 recession: happens Orange Julius: lmao bye y'all

[@alphadotdash]

People: The war is between Burger King and McDonald's! McDonald's and Subway: *Sure kid*

[@itzcrove3008]

No Wendy's and McDonald's

[@batblood7388]

Wut

[@shinigami146]

Very surprising to see burger king so low through the whole timeline. They never even got close to McDs.

[@shinigami146]

@oscar daniel I agree.

[@goofyblud]

@@shinigami146 they did

[@mastermind-2011]

It makes a lot of sense that there were so many McDonalds in 1950, considering they were founded in 1955

[@droptop2083]

3:52- 4:18 *Damn, Subway came in like a wrecking ball. Went from not on the list to second place in like less than 4 years*

[@LEFT4BASS]

TBF, the list presents each restaurant by number of location. If it was by sales McDonalds would be far ahead of Subway.

[@goldwolf0606]

And then took over!!!

[@whyme3772]

@Tara Johnson Jared Fogle wasn't the founder smh.

[@steveguzman6141]

@@whyme3772 Fogle was always Sus

[@chriskarsseboom2200]

This is locations not actual revenue: McDonald's: $37 billion in system-wide U.S. sales. Starbucks: $13 billion in system-wide U.S. sales. Subway: $10.8 billion in system-wide U.S. sales. Burger King: $10 billion in system-wide U.S. sales. Taco Bell: $9.8 billion in system-wide U.S. sales.

[@marcjohn9404]

I find it fascinating that Orange Julius was the biggest franchise for like 20 years straight. I remember when McDonald's used to be in all of the Walmart stores and then in the late 2000s or early 2010s they switched them into Subways which kinda symbolizes the transition of power there.

[@ethanacevedo6374]

Great point!

[@DeborahE7]

It also shows that people would rather eat pork and cake (Subway bread is sugar cake) instead of 100% beef with regular bread.

[@WhatAboutThemApples]

Wow I thought Orange Julius was just a Small Franchise that would pop up in shopping malls then later made a partnership with Dairy Queen

[@ArneyO7]

I thought it started with the year they were invented i was like dam orange julius been around since 1500? Is that named after Caesar?

[@Quizziess]

Can we just appreciate the fact that this guy uploads amazing content!

[@nomadbrad6391]

I worked for Starbuck in 1988 we were ONLY the 33rd Starbucks in the world when we opened in 1988 in Bellevue, WA . In fact, I don't believe Starbuck expanded outside of Washington state until 1991. If the Starbuck numbers are WAY out of line I now question ALL other numbers.

[@greer2402]

It's not that amazing. At the end of each year he puts in the restaurant chains with the highest numbers. Then has a computer count up to that number and the bar graphic slides accordingly. He doesn't go month to month like he should

[@kodiak138]

the fact that anybody caught and passed McDonalds is amazing to me.

[@russellpearce3749]

Re-watch the video I think you'll see something called Subway

[@chriskarsseboom2200]

@@russellpearce3749 This is locations not actual revenue: McDonald's: $37 billion in system-wide U.S. sales. Starbucks: $13 billion in system-wide U.S. sales. Subway: $10.8 billion in system-wide U.S. sales. Burger King: $10 billion in system-wide U.S. sales. Taco Bell: $9.8 billion in system-wide U.S. sales.

[@Velvetio]

I’ve never even heard of orange julius, when reading the logo I thought it might be Cheesecake Factory, nor do I know what hunt brothers pizza is

[@tescomealdeals4613]

Orange Julius is the opposite of Cheesecake Factory, it is a little restaurant that is in literally every mall

[@kurtwpg]

Orange Julius is terrible, I remember them back to the early 80s. Had no idea they were much older than that.

[@Velvetio]

Hunt brothers pizza Pizza Hut

[@scottbilger9294]

@@kurtwpg I remember Orange Julius from like 1963. It was good back then.

[@gerardorivera7150]

In Mexico we have: KFC, McDonalds, Pizza Hut, Domino's, Burger King, Wendy's, DQ, Subway. There used to be Taco Bell, but nobody liked Taco Bell and I have not seen a single Taco Bell in Mexico.

[@fefnireindraer144]

I remember going to the mall and my brother getting an Orange Julius. I just thought it was a drink (milk + OJ), I didn't know if was a popular franchise.

[@lukedstaten]

Never in my life heard of Hunt Bros Pizza

[@HonestStricklandFan]

Same lmao

[@thecensoredmuscle563]

You hunt people down and force them to make your pizza for you. Similar to the greatest game but with pizza. Pretty fun. You win prizes for how many people you can hunt down. I made this up.

[@lukedstaten]

@@thecensoredmuscle563 well I'm sold haha. you should be a game developer.

[@davidwells7509]

This video is interesting, but has some inaccuracies. Some of the companies shown at the start didn't exist yet in 1950, let alone have numerous locations.

[@lydiat5819]

Because you live in the US, right?

[@davidwells7509]

@@lydiat5819 I do

[@salmankhamlichichannel6733]

4:11 KFC: go my child defeat McDonalds

[@-royalabyssinian]

The reason Subway is on the top is because you only need chilled buffet servers/display and a microwave and a couple of people to run a Subway. The other franchises on the list such as KFC and McDonald's need much more capital and equipment and an army of workers to run even the smallest shop in the chain.

[@2255223388]

They're also big because people think it's a healthy option to the others, when often (cough cough footlong meatball) they're not.

[@datatalking9480]

It would be really helpful if a unit is labeled on the chart. A unit can be easily added by using a prefix in front of the numbers.

[@gaurango_o1891]

Put it in 1.5x and damn! You have a completely new background song..

[@sackboy5025]

Lol true

[@albcrt3704]

Jollibee : *Why are we still here, just to suffer 😭*

[@nickeezy17]

They just need to open more stores across the world and not just California 😒

[@steveboy7302]

You mean the Philippines they won't do well in countries with no Filipinos I mean really spaghetti that won't do well many countries already produce similar products or even better then jolibee

[@nickeezy17]

@@steveboy7302 theres a lot of Filipinos in America but for some reason they put majority of them in California

[@faithalityblog]

Are these the biggest food franchises in the world or in the United States? I have never in my life heard of Orange Julius.

[@PhilUKNet]

When I was spending a lot of time in the States in the 80's and 90's my favorite was Arby's. Can't beat that horsey sauce.

[@BDUBZ49]

Eww haha. I like a few items from Arby's but their sauces are gross... both the Horsey and the super sweet "Arby-Q". Ugh.

[@iamvinny]

Arby’s is terrible

[@paulwilliamdixon3674]

There was an Arby's in São Paulo, Brazil. I went there a couple of times for a barbecue hamburger. Near Cidade Jardim St.

[@XY_Dude]

Wife and used to absorb there - until we discovered what was in their “food.” Now we want to live longer!

[@730indoorsman]

@@BDUBZ49 what!? arby's got the best sauce after chic-fil-a. try the bronco berry sauce.

[@johnboehmer6683]

Orange Julius is the one that absolutely blows my mind here. To be number one into the 70s, to still be growing as of 2006, I can't even comprehend! It's a one-trick pony, smoothies... It was in malls only that I ever saw, I was never compelled to even try one. I'm sure they were great, but to think that into the 70s they were more popular than McDonald's?! Amazing.

[@Tsunami1972]

Orange Julius was SO good. Their sausage sandwiches were great too. By the time I frequented them (80s-90s) they were basically in every shopping mall, but nowhere else. When the malls died, so did they as independent storefronts.

[@paceeilers2253]

1:50 and then Mc Donald’s woke up.

[@duh_its_aloy6474]

3:53 and then after that...... Subway woke up

[@lennoxt.anderson8966]

@@duh_its_aloy6474 yep

[@scottbilger9294]

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[@Rubberbandman0529]

Didn’t know Subway over took McDonald’s. The only one on the list I go to regularly is McD’s

[@xx_lovelyraelynn_xx4362]

My grandma said when she first went to a fast food she was 16 and she was so excited and even kept the box of French fries in a scrapbook lol :)

[@scotthix2926]

My grandma went to Burger King for her birthday, many times

[@diemman70]

It’s interesting that Subway took the lead from McDs.

[@Phil-ui4tm]

Neither really tried to make good food.

[@steveguzman6141]

Not really Subway is losing ground fast they built too many locations and got in the red.

[@Ritaaw1]

Opening a subway is much cheaper, it costs like 200 000$ where as opening a mcdonalds costs 1-2 million

[@wiiiz3]

did you lookup the data for tim hortons?

[@bill6925]

why there is a period of time the number of kfc stores drop but then increase again ?

[@StartVisit]

chicken reinvented 😮

[@CalvinNoire]

Orange Julius? Damn, that's urban legend.

[@peterpiper831]

Ronald MacDonald: "I've got a Quarter Pounder !" Subway:"Yeah, well I've got a foot-long !"

[@rollingacresfarmstead206]

But its not a footlong

[@Paranitis]

More like: McDonald's: "I've got a Quarter Pounder!" Subway: "Yeah, well I've got a 'Footlong™' ".

[@I.C.Weiner]

@@Paranitis Can't blame them. Were all guilty of rounding up.

[@cisium1184]

five five dollar five dollar footlong

[@cheddar7777]

there is like 6 subways in my city and I live in the middle of nowhere basically

[@aeroxoxo]

Theres three in mine and its super small

[@richardthomas5362]

I believe that is why they are suffering. Apparently, they don't have protected areas for their franchisees, so the different stores end up canabalizing each others sales.

[@Error_Message]

I don't understand. Some of these places were opening 10-30 stores a month? Hmm

[@Error_Message]

Thanks for the reply. Perhaps it was my blind hatred for Subway. :)@@davidwalton3604

[@twown]

Can't wait to go to Mars for some delicious Hunt Brothers Pizza!

[@MrsSanctified84]

😂😂😂😂 Right!!!

[@kenjikenji2003]

I have been enjoying and sharing these data time-lapses but now will question their accuracy going forward. McDonalds is shown with 358 franchises in 1950 Jan, but Ray Kroc started McDonalds as we know it today in 1955 April. Even when taking into account the original Dick and Mac McDonalds, they only sold 14 franchises. Please clarify.

[@dstille]

Thank you for speaking up. I have wondered in other videos about the accuracy of the data collected. Your mentioning McDonald's got me to look up Starbucks on Wikipedia and I don't see anything like those early numbers on that page.

[@JessieHTX]

I noticed inaccuracies on a lot of the videos. Stuff that can be easily fact checked.

[@nomadbrad6391]

I worked for Starbuck in 1988 we were ONLY the 33rd Starbucks in the world when we opened in 1988 in Bellevue, WA . In fact, I don't believe Starbuck expanded outside of Washington state until 1991. If the Starbuck numbers are WAY out of line I now question ALL other numbers.

[@celestinodelrio5476]

All from USA.

[@2255223388]

Yes. And KFC didnt open their FIRST store until 1952, this video suggests they had hundreds of stores in 1951, the year before.

[@danielguzman6049]

Wow. I never knew subway was that popular. I'm sitting here waiting for Zaxby's to show up. 😂

[@bunniifangz]

never heard of Zaxby's

[@chriskarsseboom2200]

This is locations not actual revenue: McDonald's: $37 billion in system-wide U.S. sales. Starbucks: $13 billion in system-wide U.S. sales. Subway: $10.8 billion in system-wide U.S. sales. Burger King: $10 billion in system-wide U.S. sales. Taco Bell: $9.8 billion in system-wide U.S. sales.

[@multilangcoder8723]

Subway isn't that popular. The stores they have much less sales than other ones.

[@nomadbrad6391]

I worked for Starbuck in 1988 we were ONLY the 33rd Starbucks in Bellevue, WA in the world when we opened in 1988. If your Starbuck numbers are WAY out of line I now question your other numbers.

[@alkh3myst]

I'm actually shocked that Orange Julius was once the USA's largest food franchisor. I only see OJ locations in NYC now, and although I spent many years as a trucker, I don't recall seeing Orange Julius places anywhere else.

[@dmitripogosian5084]

They are in every mall in Canada, but I always thought it is fairly recent 'new age' brand

[@MachLei]

The early Starbucks numbers seem really suspect. First - like others here have said: I don't even remember ever hearing about them until the late 90's. Admittedly, that's pretty meaningless. I'm not too familiar with Orange Julius, either (although I do remember seeing them at the mall as a child in the 70s). Secondly, though - their Wikipedia-article says the following in their 'history' section: 1.) "By 1986, the company operated six stores in Seattle and had only just begun to sell espresso coffee." 2.) "By 1989, 46 Starbucks stores existed" 3.) "In June 1992, at the time of its initial public offering, Starbucks had 140 outlets" But according to this vid, they already had 707 locations in 1972 - just a year after their founding in 1971. I have a hard time believing that. Am I misunderstanding what the numbers mean? (I thought it meant number of locations)

[@lydiat5819]

Another one who thinks the US is the whole world.

[@MachLei]

@@lydiat5819 I have no idea what you even mean by that. It seems vaguely insulting, but whatever. I'm over it.

[@karanaima]

two words : linear extrapolation

[@rowdybusch2332]

If it meant locations it be DD there on every single corner lol

[@dmitripogosian5084]

@@lydiat5819 I don't think they were anywhere else in 1980's . Starbucks came to Canada in late 90-s, for instance

[@Stevenxr24]

Fun fact: Jollibee is also a part of the biggest fast food chains over 15 countries

[@pro.G95]

And one of these countries is the Philippines

[@selfdo]

This is pure hokum. It's doesn't matter how many stores a chain has, it's sales, Sales, SALES!

[@emondadon]

I'm surprised Hunt Brothers even cracked top 10 I thought it was non existent outside of the South of the US

[@maninredhelm]

It mostly doesn't exist outside the South. Only the Great Lakes region has any, and the southernmost edge of the Northeast.

[@nightcaller92]

I've never heard of it. When we're talking the South, what's like the upper limit in this case?

[@packisbetter90]

They have them in Indiana

[@Tsunami1972]

I ha dto look them up. Gas Station Pizza is not a chain IMHO.

[@pabloescobar7479]

There is none of these top 10 Food Franchises in Albania lol

[@slllyy4985]

Pablo Escobar if you don’t have McDonald’s in you’re country you aren’t living in the real world

[@pabloescobar7479]

@@slllyy4985 we don't eat much fast food to be fat like Americans xd

[@pabloescobar7479]

@CybermethZE well said

[@thetworobloxcousins6583]

@@slllyy4985 my country does not have Mcdonalds

[@pumis2000]

That’s sad bro

[@tenure9311]

Actuary, I've never seen Subway.

[@arttu9451]

I've never seen kfc, tacobell, pizza hut, donkels donuts, baskin robbins, starbucks and burger King. But i've seen and been in subway and mcdonalds

[@luvluh]

dm 15 u never seen starbucks pizza hut Taco Bell or kfc? how?? what country u from

[@sanewater707]

I've never seen taco bell Chickfelay DQ Dairy Queen Starbucks Donkulls donuts Baskin robins Orang julius

[@informedquasar7696]

I only know mcdonalds kfc subway popeyes pizza hut there might be more in my country but i never saw em

[@justbored195]

@@arttu9451 how😶

[@DJGallifrey]

Hunt pizza is totally unknown here in PA. I thought Wendy's would have ranked higher than it did.

[@leo8491]

I do love A&W since I was in Canada. I miss it in Europe. Fun thing is, here in Germany nearby every McDonald's there is a Burger King. I am surprised there are so much less stores.

[@clashcanada8845]

where i live burger king is considered pretty shitty. but i’ve had mcdonalds when i lived in germany, and your mcdonalds is vastly inferior to American/Canadian mcdonalds, while your burger king isnt half bad

[@dmitripogosian5084]

When I came to Germany first time, I thought Burger King is a German name for McDonalds (Ok, I was from USSR, so not very versed in brands, but I just saw McDonalds in US, and Burger King in Berlin looked identical besides the name)

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

This is why I've started seeing Subway sandwich shops in many cities and towns throughout the previous decade...

[@christelheadington1136]

There are AT LEAST 5 Subways within 5 miles of me.

[@cryptic4762]

Why is no one talking about KFC? Literally the most popular restaurant in the world for almost exactly 10 years. I never would have guessed that OR that comeback they had. Peaking at 9400 in 1991 with a steady decline to 5100 until 2008. Then a gigantic comeback to over double what their previous peak was in 2020. Truly amazing, love me some KFC

[@JBrankles]

Would’ve been really cool to see the logos change over time as well