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QSR Demographics

Source: BIGresearch CIA, August 2009
How to read:
How to Read: Consumers who most often eat at Subway are more likely to be single and have a higher average household income than all consumers.

Which Fast Food Restarurant do
you eat at most often?
All Consumers McDonald's Wendy's Burger King Taco Bell Subway
Respondents Selected: 8543 1916 650 612 452 382
Gender
Male

48.7%

44.9%

44.9%

52.5%

44.2%

52.0%
Female 51.3% 55.1% 55.1% 47.5% 55.8% 48.0%
Marital Status
Married
With Unmarried Partner
Divorced or separated
Widowed

49.9%
8.1%
11.6%
4.5%

49.5%
8.3%
13.9%
3.8%

49.7%
8.6%
10.0%
4.5%

50.6%
7.3%
10.8%
4.0%

46.7%
13.6%
11.7%
2.2%

47.2%
5.9%
8.3%
3.5%
Single, never married 25.9% 24.5% 27.2% 27.2% 25.8% 35.2%
Age Range
18-24
25-34
13.0%
17.8%
13.5%
19.0%
14.6%
17.0%
12.6%
19.5%
23.0%
18.8%
11.2%
16.7%
35-44 19.0% 23.7% 18.6% 19.2% 19.4% 22.4%
45-54
55-64
19.3%
14.4%
19.0%
12.6%
19.8%
15.7%
18.3%
14.5%
18.7%
10.4%
21.3%
14.5%
65+ 16.6% 12.3% 14.2% 15.8% 9.7% 13.8%
Average Age 45.1 43.2 44.5 44.7 40.2 44.9
Annual HHI
Less than $15,000
$15,000 to $24,999
$25,000 to $34,999
$35,000 to $49,999
$50,000 to $74,999
$75,000 to $99,999
$100,000 to $149,999
$150,000 or more

12.5%
11.7%
13.6%
16.6%
20.7%
11.1%
9.6%
4.3%

12.8%
12.7%
15.4%
17.4%
19.3%
9.8%
9.0%
3.6%

8.2%
12.6%
14.5%
16.7%
24.5%
11.3%
8.6%
3.6%

14.4%
13.1%
17.7%
17.6%
17.2%
7.6%
6.9%
5.6%

11.8%
14.6%
17.7%
15.3%
23.1%
8.3%
6.8%
2.4%

10.0%
6.3%
1.9%
16.0%
24.0%
15.4%
13.1%
3.3%
Average Income $56,821 $54,001 $56,990 $52,626 $50,342 $63.252
Hispanic Latino or Spanish descent?
Yes
No

8.9%
91.1%

7.0%
93.0%

6.3%
93.7%

9.4%
90.6%

13.5%
86.5%

15.6%
84.4%
Ethnicity
African American/Black
Asian
Multi-Racial
Native American
White/Caucasian
Other race or ethnic heritage

9.2%
2.3%
2.5%
1.4%
81.3%
3.2%
 

11.5%
2.3%
1.3%
1.7%
80.3%
2.9%
 

9.9%
0.4%
3.2%
0.7%
84.3%
1.4%
 

10.6%
1.9%
0.7%
1.1%
82.0%
3.6%
 

4.4%
1.5%
3.7%
2.6%
80.9%
6.9%
 

6.4%
2.3%
4.3%
0.4%
80.5%
6.0%
 

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