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83% of Fast-Food Chains Are Invisible to AI Restaurant Recommendations, Uberall Finds
As AI assistants increasingly shape where people decide to eat, most quick-service restaurants are being left out of the conversation. That’s the core takeaway from a new Uberall report, Fast Food, Faster Discovery: The 2026 GEO Playbook for Multi-Location QSRs, which examines how tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity surface restaurant recommendations — and why many multi-location brands aren’t making the cut.
Based on Uberall’s GEO Studio benchmark data and performance metrics from its global QSR customers, the report...
Circana Reports Global Foodservice Traffic Climbs 0.2% in 2025 Led by China and Canada
Circana LLC’s 2025 global foodservice results show that, despite macroeconomic headwinds, overall foodservice traffic rose 0.2% year-over-year (YOY). In the US, traffic dipped 0.3% YOY, but international markets, especially China and Canada, drove meaningful growth across the 12 key markets analyzed.
Although traffic growth through Q4 was modest, consumer spending strengthened, driven by a 3% increase in average check per visit. Quick-service restaurants (QSRs) emerged as the primary stabilizer, accounting for 50% of global foodservice traffic and posting a...
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