The 5 largest restaurant chains in the worlds: McDonalds looses its 1^st Place.

Even though fast food chains face a lot of critique by health experts, the fast food industry is still growing. Especially in the US, fast food is as popular as ever.

Analysts forecast that the revenue of the entire fast food industry will climb from 191 billion US $ in 2013 to 210 billion US $ in 2015 the US alone.

However, while restaurant owners such as McDonalds are fighting the first saturation tendencies on the western market, the boom has only just begun in emerging countries such as India and China. All this is reason enough to have a closer look at the industry.

The following are the 5 largest restaurant chains in the world:

5. Pizza Hut (Restaurants: 15.605)

With regard to the number of restaurants owned by Pizza Hut, it is placing the fast food chain almost at eye-level with Burger King (restaurants: 14.372). Other than Burger King, Pizza Hut specialized in selling pizza. The fast food chain was originally founded in Wichita/Kansas in 1958 and now operates from its headquarters in Dallas.

Today, Pizza Hut owns more than 15.000 branches in more than 100 countries world-wide with more than 70 branches in Germany alone. Just like Kentucks Fried Chicken and Taco Bell (KFC), Pizza Hut is owned by the YUM! Brands enterprise which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

4. Kentucky Fried Chicken (Restaurants: 19.420)

Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) specialized in selling chicken dishes. The company was founded in 1930 by Harland D. Sanders and since then it prepares chicken dishes according to the original recipe by Sanders on sight. In 1952, the franchise model followed that earns Sanders 5 Cents of licensing fees for every sold chicken.

During the following decades, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) expanded world-wide and today owns more than 19.000 fast food restaurants in 120 countries.

In Germany, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) is now represented by more than 100 restaurants – a number that is expected to grow to 200 within the near future. Since 2002, KFC is owned by the YUM! Brands enterprise along with Pizza Hut. The enterprise owns more than 41.000 fast food restaurants world-wide.

3. Starbucks (Restaurants: 21.366)

The American Starbucks is one of the most popular restaurant chains in the world. In 1971, university friends Gerald Badwin, Gordon Bowker and Zev Siegl opened the first Starbucks coffee shop in Seattle. Today, with more than 21.000 shops in 64 countries, Starbucks is the largest coffee house world-wide placing it even before its rival Costa Coffee.

However, Starbucks not only offers different coffee varieties but also muffins and sandwiches. Additionally, the company brands include Teavana, Tazo, Seattle’s Best Coffee, Evolution Fresh, La Boulange as well as Ethos.

2. McDonalds (Restaurants: 36.252)

For a long time, McDonalds has been at the forefront of the largest fast food chains. However, the company that was founded in 1940 and has its headquarters in Oak Brook/Ohio lost its status to Subway in 2011.

Still, In terms of revenue, McDonalds remains number one. Its success on the stock exchange is not too bad either – 300.000% profit for its investors since its listing on the exchange. Until recently, McDonalds owned more than 36.000 restaurants in more than 100 countries which accounts for more than 69 million daily customers.

A decreasing number of customers within the last couple of years, however, led to the development of a new concept that is supposed to be the turning point. McDonalds is planning to reduce its menu offer while new McDonalds CEO Steve Easterbrook is modernising the burger company. On top of that, several hundreds of McDonalds restaurants will be closing their doors.

1. Subway (Restaurants: 42.761)

Since 2011, Subway is leading the list of the largest restaurant chains world-wide. In contrast to McDonalds, Subway focuses not on burgers but on sandwiches, salads and wraps that are freshly prepared in front of the customer. The first Subway restaurant was founded in the US in 1965 by Fred De Luca and Peter Buck.

Today, the fast food chain with its headquarters in Milford/Connecticut manages more than 42.000 restaurants in over 100 countries with more than 400.000 employees and is preparing 265.000 sandwiches per hour according to company data.

Especially in Germany, Subway has been expanding within the last couple of years to now own 600 fast food restaurants mainly managed by franchise partners.

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Starbucks Holiday Specials.

Starbucks, as usual, has a number of tricks up their sleaves for the Christmas holidays.

As their traditional “Red Holiday Cups” return this week, the coffee chain will offer a Buy-One-Get-One-Free promotion on their Christmas drinks for 5 days, starting on Thursday the November 10, 2016 and until the 14th of November. The deal is available every day from 2-5 pm.

At all participating Starbucks coffee shops in the US and Canada, you will get a free drink, of similar or lesser value, when you buy a “Holiday” drink.

You can choose between these drinks:

• Caramel Brulée Latte
• Gingerbread Latte
• Eggnog Latte
• Teavana Joy Brewed Tea
• Spiced Sweet Cream Nariño 70 Cold Brew.
• Chestnut Praline Latte
• Peppermint Mocha
• Skinny Peppermint Mocha

The free drink must be of equal or lesser value, and can be hot, iced or blended drinks.

Some European and Latin American countries will also offer the Buy-One-Get-One-Free Special.

Starbucks announced the holiday BOGO on the Starbucks News site and on Facebook.

The Starbucks Green Cup Controversy.

Starbucks recently introduced a green cup with a “mosaic of a hundred people drawn in one continuous stroke” featuring on the cup. Unfortunately, many people thought that the green cup had replaced the traditional Red Holiday Cup, and some believed it to be a politically correct ‘war’ on Christmas.

Not so. The Red Holiday Cup is back and the BOGO offer has been rolled out to emphasize that.

This year, the Red Cup designs were created by 13 women from six different countries, including the U.S, Indonesia, Dubai, Canada, Russia and South Korea. Starbucks has for the first time moved away from their 24-year-old one-cup campaign. The Red Cup designs were chosen from over 1,000 customer designs on Instagram.

Starbucks Rewards Program.

If you are searching for other deals then the Starbucks Rewards Sign-Up page is a good place to start.

By joining, loyal customers will receive a free drink or food item, a Free Birthday item, Free in-store refills, as well as special offers on popular drinks and food items.

You will also earn 2 Stars for every $1 you spend using your Starbucks App or registered card in stores or online, no matter what you buy.The stars can be redeemed for free food or drinks.

There are 2 ways to sign up:

Sign up online with a Starbucks gift card or sign up with a Star Code. You can get a Star Code from specially marked Starbucks products at grocery stores, or in an email after registering for special offers like Star Dashes.

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Starbucks Holiday Specials.

Starbucks, as usual, has a number of tricks up their sleaves for the Christmas holidays.

As their traditional “Red Holiday Cups” return this week, the coffee chain will offer a Buy-One-Get-One-Free promotion on their Christmas drinks for 5 days, starting on Thursday the November 10, 2016 and until the 14th of November. The deal is available every day from 2-5 pm.

At all participating Starbucks coffee shops in the US and Canada, you will get a free drink, of similar or lesser value, when you buy a “Holiday” drink.

You can choose between these drinks:

• Caramel Brulée Latte
• Gingerbread Latte
• Eggnog Latte
• Teavana Joy Brewed Tea
• Spiced Sweet Cream Nariño 70 Cold Brew.
• Chestnut Praline Latte
• Peppermint Mocha
• Skinny Peppermint Mocha

The free drink must be of equal or lesser value, and can be hot, iced or blended drinks.

Some European and Latin American countries will also offer the Buy-One-Get-One-Free Special.

Starbucks announced the holiday BOGO on the Starbucks News site and on Facebook.

The Starbucks Green Cup Controversy.

Starbucks recently introduced a green cup with a “mosaic of a hundred people drawn in one continuous stroke” featuring on the cup. Unfortunately, many people thought that the green cup had replaced the traditional Red Holiday Cup, and some believed it to be a politically correct ‘war’ on Christmas.

Not so. The Red Holiday Cup is back and the BOGO offer has been rolled out to emphasize that.

This year, the Red Cup designs were created by 13 women from six different countries, including the U.S, Indonesia, Dubai, Canada, Russia and South Korea. Starbucks has for the first time moved away from their 24-year-old one-cup campaign. The Red Cup designs were chosen from over 1,000 customer designs on Instagram.

Starbucks Rewards Program.

If you are searching for other deals then the Starbucks Rewards Sign-Up page is a good place to start.

By joining, loyal customers will receive a free drink or food item, a Free Birthday item, Free in-store refills, as well as special offers on popular drinks and food items.

You will also earn 2 Stars for every $1 you spend using your Starbucks App or registered card in stores or online, no matter what you buy.The stars can be redeemed for free food or drinks.

There are 2 ways to sign up:

Sign up online with a Starbucks gift card or sign up with a Star Code. You can get a Star Code from specially marked Starbucks products at grocery stores, or in an email after registering for special offers like Star Dashes.

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The Starbucks Treat Receipt Special has returned!

Starbucks’ famous Treat Receipt special is back, but just for a limited time.

The promotion will this time run through August 30th.

How the Treat Receipt promotion works:

When you make any Starbucks purchase before 2 PM, you can get any Cold Grande Beverage for only $2.50 after 2 PM on the same day at all participating Starbucks locations in the U.S. and Canada.

Cold Grande drinks include iced coffee, iced tea, Starbucks Refreshers, and Frappuccinos.Starbucks are pushing the new Iced Coconut Milk Mocha Macchiato, so whay not give that a try.

To get the discount, simply save your receipt form your before 2 PM purchase and show it to the barista, when you return. You can also show your purchase history on your Starbucks App.

At participating stores only. The Treat Receipt has no cash redemption value and cannot be combined with other discounts. The Treat Receipt is not valid if it has been reproduced or transferred.

Starbucks for Life Giveaway.

Starbucks has another great summer promotion running, that only a few know about.

Through September 12th, go to their new website StarbucksForLife.com, and log into your Starbucks Rewards account (sign up for a Starbucks Rewards account first, if you are not already a member).

Go to the bottom of the page, and click on the “To enter without making a purchase, click here” link.

Fill out the required information and you will receive a code in your email account, that you need to enter at the Starbucks For Life website.

You will then be entered to win prices like: Free Starbucks for Life, Free Starbucks for a Year, Free Starbucks for a Month and Starbucks for a Week.

You could also instantly win 5-125 Bonus Stars.

By making 1 or 2 purchase transactions with a registered Starbuck Card or App in a day, you will also earn up to 4 Game plays per day to win more prices.

Hey, its free to try, so why not.

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Starbucks New $8 Power Lunch Meal.

The famous coffee chain, Starbucks, is all set to meet your lunch hunger needs for just $8. The new combo includes three food items along with a bottle of Ethos water.

There are several options available to choose from:

You can choose any one item from the sandwich, salad and bistro menu, add one snack from the popcorn, pretzels and chips section, and then top it up with a banana or fruit bar.

The Power Lunch Combo is quite a great saver since the items included in it, if bought separately, would cost you 3 to 4 Dollars more. With this new meal box, Starbucks enters the low-budget lunch segment in competition with fast food brands like Wendy’s and McDonald’s.

Wendy’s first introduced a lunch offer in the month of October, which gave customers four items, a cheeseburger, chicken nuggets, fries and a drink at just $4. McDonald’s then introduced a Mc Pick 2 Menu, which was not only available for lunch, but also during breakfast hours. Starbucks is said to have been inspired by these two fast food giants companies, though their package is a bit costlier than the others. However, the Starbucks Power Lunch offers much healthier food choices and a complete meal, unlike the other two. The “That’s It” fruit-bar from Starbucks, for example, contains healthy fruits like apple, strawberry, blueberry, cinnamon, mango, apricot, pear etc. They do not contain any preservatives, added sugar or artificial color.

However, one glaring omission from the Power lunch box is the one item that Starbucks is well-known for – coffee. It would have been great, if the bundle included a cup of coffee instead of the bottle of Ethos water. This is of course a clever strategy adopted by the company, as people are likely to order coffee as an extra, ensuring more business.

The offer is valid for a limited time period (16th-30th of May).

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