Numerology

-- Restaurants and Institutions, 7/1/2008

23%	Percent of the 274,000 units operated by this year’s Top 400 Chains that are burger-chain units. (R&I research)
1	Number of countries—Thailand—in which Pizza Hut restaurants this year added Golden Fish Sticks Pizza with crispy fish crust and tartar sauce. (Bangkok Post)
3	Rank of Starbucks among chains in the Top 400 with the most systemwide locations. Starbucks’ 15,011 units at the end of 2007 was exceeded only by McDonald’s 31,377 units and Subway’s 28,546. (R&I research)
2,000	Gallons of saltwater in the aquarium inside each Kona Grill restaurant. (Kona Grill)
540 million	Number of Snack Wraps that McDonald’s restaurants sold in 2007. (McDonald’s Corp.)
2	Number of Top 400 chains—Fuddruckers and Farmer Boys—whose menus claim that they serve the “World’s Greatest Hamburgers.” (R&I research)
4,000	Number of WingStreet chicken-wing stores Yum! Brands intends to open within new and existing Pizza Hut restaurants over the next three years. (Yum! Brands)
3	Number of items on D’Angelo Grilled Sandwiches’ 2008 Lobsterfest menu: Lobster Roll; Baked Stuffed Lobster Sandwich; and Traditional Lobster Sandwich. (D’Angelo Grilled Sandwiches)
1	Rank of Winnipeg, Canada, among all North American markets in 7-Eleven Slurpee drink purchases. Detroit ranks second. (7-Eleven)
$700	Value of Marie Sundquist Callender’s car, which she sold in 1948 to fund the opening of her first pie bakery (which was in a converted World War II Quonset hut in Long Beach, Calif.) (Marie Callender’s)
6	Number of markets (Austin, Texas; Colorado Springs, Colo.; Indianapolis; Jacksonville, Fla.; Oklahoma City; and San Diego) in which KFC this year began test-marketing Kentucky Grilled Chicken, which may be introduced nationally in 2009. (KFC)
$4.99	Menu price at Steak ’n Shake restaurants for the new breakfast combo of a Sourdough Breakfast Melt sandwich, hash browns and 16-ounce cup of coffee. (Steak ’n Shake)
50,000	Spectators at the 2007 Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Championship at Coney Island in New York City when Joey Chestnut consumed a record 66 hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes. (Nathan’s Famous)
$4.29	Menu price at Burger King for the Indy Double Whopper sandwich, introduced in May as part of a tie-in with the film “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.” (Burger King)
62 million	Pounds of pinto beans used annually by U.S. Taco Bell restaurants. Taco Bell also uses 3.8 billion corn and flour tortillas. (Taco Bell)
35	Number of dinner-menu variations within the Olive Garden system, reflecting differing geographic taste preferences. (Olive Garden)