Growth
China Buffet against its category
The biggest tracked US restaurants chains by card spend, with year-over-year growth of category share. Share means a chain's slice of tracked category spend. It can decline while the chain's own sales grow. The chart tracks China Buffet's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q1 = 100.
| # | Chain | YoY share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
C
Chipotle Mexican Grill
|
-4.3% |
| 2 |
T
Texas Roadhouse
|
+2.6% |
| 3 |
O
Olive Garden
|
+1.1% |
| 4 |
C
Chili's Grill & Bar
|
- |
| 5 |
A
Applebee's Grill + Bar
|
-5.8% |
| 6 |
L
LongHorn Steakhouse
|
+5.8% |
| 7 |
O
Outback Steakhouse
|
+0.1% |
| 8 |
T
The Cheesecake Factory
|
+0.4% |
| 9 |
C
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
|
-1.5% |
| 10 |
B
BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse
|
+0.9% |
| 78 | C China Buffet | -3.9% |
Share of tracked category spend, indexed
Store footprint
Store map
145 tracked China Buffet locations across 34 US states.
Tracked stores by state
- Indiana 12
- Florida 11
- North Carolina 10
- Ohio 9
- South Carolina 9
- Texas 9
- Michigan 8
- Alabama 6
- Georgia 6
- Mississippi 6
- Pennsylvania 6
- Tennessee 6
- Wisconsin 6
- Illinois 5
- Iowa 4
- Kentucky 4
- West Virginia 3
- Arkansas 2
- Arizona 2
- California 2
- Kansas 2
- Maryland 2
- Missouri 2
- Nebraska 2
- New Jersey 2
- Colorado 1
- Idaho 1
- Louisiana 1
- Massachusetts 1
- Montana 1
- Nevada 1
- New York 1
- Virginia 1
- Wyoming 1
Customer overlap
Who shops at China Buffet
Tracked chains China Buffet customers also buy from more than a similarly active shopper would, indexed to the strongest overlap (100). From real card transactions.
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