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title: "Report Shows Fast Casual Grew By 10.4 Percent, Or $3.4 Billion in 2015 Across the Globe"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/38201069-47f8-4ee8-a588-367344b1da69
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/report-shows-fast-casual-grew-by-104-percent-or-34-billion-in-2015-across-the-globe-4330
category: "Fast casual"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Fast casual"
published: 2016-04-19T08:03:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T12:59:50.773Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/166cfaecf874bce9a8273fe8a47f7f923380160419135103.png
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# Report Shows Fast Casual Grew By 10.4 Percent, Or $3.4 Billion in 2015 Across the Globe

**TL;DR:** Fast casual sales grew 10.4 percent, or $3.4 billion, in 2015, outpacing the overall restaurant industry's 5.7 percent growth rate. The fast casual segment had the highest rate of growth across the entire restaurant industry.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2016-04-19. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/report-shows-fast-casual-grew-by-104-percent-or-34-billion-in-2015-across-the-globe-4330).*

## Story

For consumers, going out to eat is back in style. When they have a little extra money in their pockets, they’re willing to spend it dining out. However consumers are frequenting one type of restaurant more than others: fast casual.

According to a recent story in Fast Casual, a study from the market research company Euromonitor International showed consumer foodservice sales grew 5.7 percent globally in 2015, up from a 5.3 percent growth rate the year before. But the fast casual segment growth rate was much higher. Fast casual sales grew 10.4 percent, or $3.4 billion, in 2015. It’s the highest rate of growth across the entire restaurant industry.

In an interview with Fast Casual, consumer foodservice strategy analyst Elizabeth Friend said, “ Consumers are shifting their dining preferences, especially in developed markets. Coffee shops, for example, saw a high increase in sales last year, which shows the dining-out culture is continuing to evolve toward more modern, premium, casual and social experiences.”

Asian restaurant sales trailed closely behind the fast casual segment, growing 9.3 percent in 2015.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- restaurant industry (topic)
- FastCasual (publication)
- market research (topic)
- consumer spending (topic)
- fast casual growth (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/report-shows-fast-casual-grew-by-104-percent-or-34-billion-in-2015-across-the-globe-4330). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/38201069-47f8-4ee8-a588-367344b1da69).