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The Fast Food: Global Industry Guide is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the Fast Food industry.

The State of the Industry reports are concise, yet detailed studies filled with priceless data, forecasts, and objective analysis.

The US restaurant industry includes about 480,000 restaurants with combined annual revenue of about $375 billion. Major companies include McDonald's; YUM! Brands (KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell); and Darden Restaurants (Olive Garden, Red Lobster). The industry is highly fragmented: the 50 largest companies hold just 20 percent of the market.

About 400,000 restaurants operate in the US, with combined annual revenue of $240 billion.

The UK fast-food/takeaway and home delivery market was valued at an estimated GBP 8.38bn in 2004 at retail selling prices (RSP), representing a sales growth of 3.9% over the previous year. The pace of growth in the market quickened in 2004 following a sales increase of just 3% in 2003.

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