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2019 Top 500: Bakery cafe

The Top 250 bakery-cafe chains, ranked.
Photograph courtesy of Panera Bread

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Bakery-cafe chains within the Top 500 saw sales increase 3.2% in 2018; unit count increased 0.9%. Seven chains saw positive sales growth; another seven saw sales decline.

2019 RankChain Name2018 US Sales ($000,000)2018 US Units
10Panera Bread$5,760*2,074
84Einstein Bros. Bagels$516*690
114Corner Bakery Cafe$362182
123Au Bon Pain$339*213
152Pret a Manger$240*92
194Le Pain Quotidien$172*98
197La Madeleine Country French Cafe$17087
199Great Harvest Bread Co.$170*183
214Bruegger's Bagels$154*67
Source: Technomic's Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report; *Technomic estimate

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