Growth
China Buffet against its category
The biggest tracked US buffets 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 Q4 = 100.
| # | Chain | YoY share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
G
Golden Corral Buffet & Grill
|
-1.8% |
| 2 |
C
Cicis Pizza
|
+5.6% |
| 3 | C China Buffet | -1.6% |
| 4 |
P
Pizza Ranch
|
+4.7% |
| 5 | K King Buffet | +8.0% |
| 6 |
S
Sizzler
|
+1.9% |
| 7 | A Asian Buffet | -0.5% |
| 8 | H Hibachi Grill & Supreme Buffet | -14.7% |
| 9 |
C
Chuck-a-Rama
|
+12.5% |
| 10 | G Grand Buffet | +4.4% |
Share of tracked category spend, indexed
Store footprint
Store map
207 tracked China Buffet locations across 38 US states.
Tracked stores by state
- Indiana 15
- Wisconsin 13
- North Carolina 12
- Florida 11
- Illinois 11
- Ohio 10
- Mississippi 9
- South Carolina 9
- Texas 9
- Michigan 8
- Pennsylvania 8
- Tennessee 8
- Minnesota 7
- Arkansas 6
- Georgia 6
- Kentucky 6
- Alabama 5
- Iowa 5
- Missouri 5
- Arizona 4
- California 4
- Kansas 4
- Nebraska 4
- West Virginia 4
- Maryland 3
- New York 3
- Massachusetts 2
- New Jersey 2
- Oklahoma 2
- Oregon 2
- South Dakota 2
- Washington 2
- Colorado 1
- Idaho 1
- Montana 1
- Nevada 1
- Vermont 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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