Olive Garden, Texas Roadhouse were most popular restaurants during coronavirus pandemic: report
How have the casual dining habits of Americans changed?
Apparently everyone has been eating like family this pandemic.
A recent casual dining report has investigated the restaurant eating habits of Americans during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Though the Olive Garden, and other fast-casual dining restaurants, saw an initial drop when most mandatory lockdowns went into effect across the United States in March and April, the summer months have been slowly building customer traffic – with a few major standouts.
In the research, which analyzed consumer tracking data as an indicator of visits between July 27, 2019 to July 27, 2020, Olive Garden and Texas Roadhouse were allegedly the top restaurants in the most states in the U.S. (Getty images)
Olive Garden and Texas Roadhouse, as well as Applebee’s and Chili’s, have been seeing the most increased traffic, according to marketing agency TopAgency’s casual dining report. On average, “casual dining has seen 58% less traffic since the start of the pandemic,” the results show. However, fast food restaurants have only seen a 30% decrease.
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Texas Roadhouse was the favorite of 16 states in the Lower 48. (iStock)
In the research, which analyzed consumer tracking data as an indicator of visits between July 27, 2019 to July 27, 2020, Olive Garden and Texas Roadhouse were allegedly the top restaurants in the most states in the U.S.
However, the “when you’re here, you’re family” chain was not the champion. That title rests squarely with Texas Roadhouse, which was the favorite of 16 states in the Lower 48. Olive Garden was the top in 12 states.
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Applebee’s, Chili’s and Denny’s were the next most popular chains during the pandemic. While Longhorn Steakhouse pulled in two states, and Outback Steakhouse was most popular for Florida, and Waffle House was most popular in Mississippi.