August 1/Chicago/PRNewswire -- The limited-service burger segment is the largest menu segment by revenue in the restaurant industry. It is driven on one hand by McDonald's, which accounts for half of the segment's business, and on the other hand by a growing number of "better burger" concepts, upscaled fast-casual burger players.
Fast-casual burger chains grew sales by 20.8% last year, while all limited-service burger chains grew 3.7%. Technomic sees plenty of room for continued growth, as fast-casual sales are currently only 3.2% of LSR burger-segment sales.