Less than two-fifths of the Top 500 — or 197 chains — had positive year-over-year sales growth in 2020. But there were bright spots. A handful of chains — generally large limited-service ...

A full 456 chains on this year’s Top 500 — that’s 91% of them — enjoyed sales growth in 2021, according to figure reported by Datassential and its Firefly 500 platform. Store-count growth ...