As Chick-fil-A surges, McDonald’s and Wendy’s are under threat

Kalinowski cites Restaurant Business data that shows Chick-fil-A sales up 15.5% this year. Traffic is up 10%.

In 2017, Chick-fil-A’s U.S. systemwide sales were $9.021 billion, up 14.2%. In 2018, that sales total could near $10.4 billion.

“We have long pointed out that Chick-fil-A is the restaurant competition with which McDonald’s U.S. should most concern itself – and by extension, investors should too,” the note said. “But this goes beyond McDonald’s.”