on June 18, 2026, 10:46:41, in reply to "It’s a survey about chain restaurants, what would you expect to be on the list?*"
As an aside...I think the chicken places do the best...because thus far it seems hard to fuck up fried chicken.
Burger places can be decent to good but probably has the widest gulf in the category.
Chain pizza is almost as a rule completely inedible and the chain "ethnic" just isn't really comparable to their actual cultural equivalent. At all.
I'm not sure if they're popular and thus ubiquitous crowding out all else or if they crowded out all else and became popular. Either way, it's a sad state of affairs. 
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The king of fast food has been dethroned after more than a decade on top.
That's according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index, a report released this week based on thousands of customer surveys reflecting on recent experiences with major restaurant chains.
Beloved chicken chain Chick-fil-A has sat atop the index for 11 years, but 16,464 respondents knocked it from the top spot in favor of the sandwich shop Jersey Mike's, which was routinely praised for freshness, food variety and value.
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Other top quick-service restaurants include Jimmy John's and Panda Express (Tied-3rd), KFC, Papa John's and Domino's (Tied-4th), Raising Cane's, Starbuck's and Subway (Tied-5th) and Burger King, Dunkin' and Little Caesars (Tied-6th).
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Other consumer rankings from the report:
Best sandwich: Jersey Mike's, Jimmy John's, Subway, Arby's
Best pizza: Papa Johns, Pizza Hut, Domino's, Little Ceasers
Best burger: Burger King, Culver's, Sonic, Wendy's, Five Guys
Best full service: Texas Roadhouse, LongHorn Steakhouse, Olive Garden, Applebee's, Chili's, Cracker Barrel.
https://www.mlive.com/business/2026/06/popular-sandwich-chain-ends-chick-fil-as-11-year-run-atop-fast-food-rankings.html
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- IlliniSax05 June 18, 2026, 11:37:53