Key Industry Indicators
The Quick Service Restaurant Market
- The quick service restaurant market is the largest generator of traffic in the commercial food service industry in Canada representing 64.6% of all meals and snacks sold in industry generating $21.9 billion in sales in 2012. (Source: NPD Group Canada)
Quick Service Restaurants:
- The quick service restaurant industry served 4.3 billion customers during the twelve months ending November 2012. (Source: NPD Group Canada)
- Quick service restaurants have low meal prices with an average cheque size of $5.06. (Source: NPD Group Canada)
- Chain brands dominate the quick service restaurant market in Canada accounting for 90.4% of all traffic. (Source: NPD Group Canada)
QSR Industry:
- The QSR burger market in Canada generated sales of $6.6 billion dollars in 2012 representing 30.1% of the total quick service restaurant market. (Source: NPD Group Canada)
- The QSR burger market in Canada consists of A&W, Burger King, Dairy Queen, McDonald's, Wendy's and Harvey's. Sales generated by these brands accounts for 95.6% of all QSR burger sales in Canada. (Source: NPD Group Canada)
- A&W is the second largest QSR burger chain in Canada for share of traffic, dollars and locations in Canada. (Source: NPD Group Canada)
Food Service Industry Facts:
- The commercial food service dollars account for 37.4% share of the total food dollar spent in 2012. (Source: CRFA's Foodservice Forecast)
- The commercial food service industry has grown by nearly 62.7% since 1999 from $32.5 billion to $52.9 billion in 2012. (Source: CRFA's Foodservice Forecast)
Looking Ahead:
- Total quick service restaurant sales are forecasted to increase by 4.2% in 2013. (Source: CRFA's Foodservice Forecast)