18 ARKANSAS BUSINESS MARCH 1, 2010 Overview Golden Corral Steamrolls Highest-Grossing Restaurants BENTONVILLE 2009 Revenue 2008 Revenue % Change 1 Eurest Dining (Wal-Mart cafeteria) $4,815,437 $4,574,136 5% Red Lobster in 2009 Sales 2 Chick-fil-A* $2,399,200 $1,613,884 49% 3 McDonald’s (South Walton Boulevard) $2,376,400 $2,395,600 -1% By Robert Bell ator at Little Rock National Airport, 4 McDonald’s (Southeast 14th Street) $2,063,000 $2,109,400 -2%
[email protected] by less than $5,000 — a fraction of a 5 McDonald’s (Peach Orchard) $1,888,800 $1,946,700 -3% percent for establishments that both 6 Sam’s Club $1,768,200 $1,840,770 -4% T ALMOST HAPPENED IN 2008, sold nearly $4.3 million worth of food 7 Wal-Mart Supercenter Deli $1,690,000 $1,680,757 1% but this time there seems to be no last year. 8 Lin’s Garden Chinese Restaurant $1,625,800 $1,777,300 -9% Iquestion: Golden Corral was the Despite holding on to the Little 9 Sonic Drive-In (Southeast 14th Street) $1,586,900 $1,556,000 2% heavyweight champion among North Rock list’s top spot, HMSHost’s food 10 Taco Bell (South Walton Boulevard) $1,559,900 $1,549,523 1% Little Rock restaurants in 2009 with revenue was off almost 6 percent — food sales that topped $6 million. not surprising during a year in which Source: Bentonville Advertising & Promotion Commission *Opened in April 2008 Perennial champ Red Lobster on air travel was also sluggish.