Top 10 most popular fast food chains in SA
Here is a list of the most frequented fast food chains in South Africa...
Fast food restaurants offer convenience and sometimes affordability to many South Africans, and with life becoming busier and more complicated daily, it is no wonder that it is a booming industry.
According to BusinessTech, the number of people who visit these fast food chains has decreased since 2022, possibly due to high living costs, but it still remains a lucrative industry.
The favourite among South Africans, maintaining its top position, is KFC.
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Although KFC is the most frequented fast food restaurant, South Africans are still spoilt for choice when it comes to where to purchase fast, convenient food.
There are an estimated 5,983 fast food restaurants nationwide.
BusinessTech reported that the sector is expected to reach a revenue total of R90-billion by 2026 – this is according to consumer insights and data science firm Eighty20.
Based on this data, Eighty20 also wanted to find out which of these fast food chains were doing the best or had the most customers.
Using Marketing All Product Survey (MAPS) data from a 20,000-person survey conducted by the Market Research Foundation, Eighty20 found the country’s top 10 most popular fast food chains.
Here they are:
- KFC
- Chicken Licken
- McDonald's
- Debonairs
- Hungry Lion
- Burger King
- Spur
- Steers
- Nando's
- Wimpy
"Approximately 20-million [people] dined at a fast food outlet in the past month," said Eighty20.
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"Notably, 90% of these 20-million individuals chose to eat at one of the top 10 fast food outlets," said Eighty20.
"Collectively, 16.3-million people have eaten from the top 5 fast food outlets (KFC, Chicken Licken, McDonald's, Debonairs, and Hungry Lion) in the past month, which is higher than the 16.2-million South Africans who voted in the recent election," said Eighty20.
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