This made me curious; surprisingly there are 323,456 independent restaurants which is quite heartening. https://www.npd.com/wps/portal/npd/us/news/press-releas

This made me curious; surprisingly there are 323,456 independent restaurants which is quite heartening. https://www.npd.com/wps/portal/npd/us/news/press-releases/2017/are-independent-restaurants-growing-in-the-us-it-all-depends/ https://www.npd.com/wps/portal/npd/us/news/press-releases/20...