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SECOND 100 Chain Index

LATEST YEAR RANKINGS SYSTEM- % GROWTH, % GROWTH, % GROWTH, SALES WIDE SYSTEM NO. OF NO. OF NO. OF PER COMPANY HEADQUARTERS PARENT COMPANY SEGMENT SALES SALES UNITS UNITS FRAN. UNITS UNIT A&W All American Food Lexington, Ky. A Great American Brand LLC (A&W Inc.) LSR/Burger 167 23 7 87 49 99 LNK Partners LLC -Cafe 108 62 33 67 29 55 Bahama Breeze Orlando, Fla. Inc. Casual Dining 169 50 93 36 — 11 Mexican Grill Irvine, Calif. BF Acquisition Holdings LLC LSR/Mexican 183 91 44 89 50 72 Bar Louie Addison, Sun Capital Partners Inc. Casual Dining 157 19 57 7 5 36 Barnes & Noble Café Barnes & Noble Inc. In-Store 130 81 6 64 — 95 Beef 'O' Brady's Family Tampa, Fla. Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (FSC Franchise Co. LLC) Casual Dining 172 78 36 73 44 74 Sports Pub Benihana of Miami Angelo, Gordon & Co. Casual Dining 125 74 75 66 56 19 Bertucci's Italian Northborough, Mass. Jacobson Partners Casual Dining 180 76 67 63 — 41 Big Boy/Frisch's Big Boy Warren, Mich./Cin- International LLC/ Family Dining 110 63 29 77 54 59 cinnati NRD Capital Management LLC Black Bear Diner Redding, Calif. Black Bear Diners Inc. Family Dining 187 14 72 19 15 31 Braum's and Oklahoma City W.H. Braum Inc. LSR/Burger 145 54 24 48 — 81 Dairy Stores Brio Tuscan Grille Columbus, Bravo Brio Restaurant Group Inc. Casual Dining 141 59 81 30 — 21 Bruegger's Bagels Burlington, Vt. Groupe Le Duff S.A. Bakery-Cafe 173 82 25 82 46 85 Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. Inc. (Landry's Inc.) Casual Dining 163 87 96 80 — 7 Buca di Beppo Orlando, Fla. International Inc. Casual Dining 139 75 61 61 — 28 Mexican Grill KarpReilly LLC LSR/Mexican 191 20 67 9 — 42 Orlando, Fla. Darden Restaurants Inc. Casual Dining 102 70 84 39 — 8 Center, Minn. JAB Holding Co. Beverage-Snack 124 37 13 26 20 83 Columbus, Ohio Gosh Enterprises Inc. LSR/ 117 12 10 31 18 84 Chuy's Austin, Texas Chuy's Holdings Inc. Casual Dining 129 15 77 8 — 16 Houston Fertitta Entertainment Inc. (Landry's Inc.) Casual Dining 188 61 90 50 — 17 Scottsdale, Ariz. Kahala Corp. Beverage-Snack 106 60 1 49 27 98 Bakery-Cafe 105 29 35 25 6 46 Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Southlake, Texas Del Frisco's Restaurant Group Inc. Casual Dining 199 30 100 21 — 2 Steak House Dickey's Pit Dallas Dickey's Barbecue Restaurants Inc. LSR/Barbecue 104 28 8 17 11 87 Donatos Columbus, Ohio Donatos Pizzeria LLC Pizza 186 46 46 46 38 68 Eat'n Park Homestead, Pa. Eat'n Park Hospitality Group Family Dining 195 73 77 67 — 35 Fazoli's Lexington, Ky. Sun Capital Partners Inc. LSR/Italian 161 48 32 57 24 73 First Watch Bradenton, Fla Freeman Spogli & Co. Family Dining 198 9 51 18 16 66 Fleming's Prime Steakhouse Tampa, Fla. Bloomin' Brands Inc. Casual Dining 131 68 80 50 — 18 & Wine Bar Fogo de Chão Dallas Thomas H. Lee Partners Casual Dining 166 24 95 9 — 6 Freddy's Frozen Custard & Wichita, Kan. Freddy's LLC LSR/Burger 137 3 40 2 3 56 Steakburgers Friendly's Wilbraham, Mass. Sun Capital Partners Inc. Family Dining 120 97 26 93 52 69 Houston Luby's Inc. LSR/Burger 138 72 41 60 48 63 Godfather's Pizza Omaha, Neb. Godfather's Pizza Inc. Pizza 168 92 12 97 61 97 Irvine, Calif. The Habit Restaurants Inc. LSR/Burger 159 2 49 3 1 53 Orlando, Fla. Seminole Tribe of Florida Casual Dining 171 52 88 50 29 15 HomeTown Hollywood Park, Texas Food Management Partners Buffet/Grill-Buffet 179 98 83 99 — 37 Houlihan's Leawood, Kan. JGD Management Corp. (York Capital Management) Casual Dining 170 84 73 83 47 25 Houston's Beverly Hills, Calif. Hillstone Restaurant Group Inc. Casual Dining 190 79 98 85 — 3 Huddle House Atlanta Sentinel Capital Partners Family Dining 150 49 16 47 28 88 Hungry Howie's Pizza Madison Heights, Mich. Hungry Howie's Pizza & Subs Inc. Pizza 115 44 9 59 43 90 Joe's Crab Shack Houston J.H. Whitney & Co. (Ignite Restaurant Group Inc.) Casual Dining 101 89 52 90 — 24 Aliso Viejo, Calif. Sun Capital Partners Inc. LSR/Burger 158 43 34 69 26 70 La Madeleine Country Dallas Groupe Le Duff S.A. Bakery-Cafe 194 25 71 23 4 43 French Café Le Pain Quotidien New York PQ Licensing S.A. Bakery-Cafe 197 22 69 20 — 48 Legal Sea Foods Boston Legal Sea Foods Inc. Casual Dining 153 55 94 50 — 9 Luby's Cafeteria Houston Luby's Inc. Cafeteria 152 64 65 62 — 29

NOTE: THE 38 CHAINS NOT RANKED BY GROWTH IN FRANCHISE UNITS DO NOT FRANCHISE. SOURCE: NRN RESEARCH SECOND 100 Chain Index

LATEST YEAR RANKINGS SYSTEM- % GROWTH, % GROWTH, % GROWTH, SALES WIDE SYSTEM NO. OF NO. OF NO. OF PER COMPANY HEADQUARTERS PARENT COMPANY CONCEPT SALES SALES UNITS UNITS FRAN. UNITS UNIT Mastro's Steakhouse/ Houston Fertitta Entertainment Inc. (Landry's Inc.) Casual Dining 184 7 99 22 — 1 Ocean Club McCormick & Schmick's Houston Fertitta Entertainment Inc. (Landry's Inc.) Casual Dining 174 93 86 86 — 23 The Melting Pot Tampa, Fla. The Melting Pot Restaurants Inc. Casual Dining 177 86 54 91 51 61 Miller's Ale House Jupiter, Fla. Roark Capital Group Casual Dining 116 38 74 35 — 13 Mimi's Cafe Dallas Groupe Le Duff S.A. Casual Dining 147 96 60 88 — 34 Morton's the Steakhouse Houston Fertitta Entertainment Inc. (Landry's Inc.) Casual Dining 135 70 81 70 — 20 Newk's Eatery Jackson, Miss. Sentinel Capital Partners (Newk's Holding Co. LLC) LSR/Sandwich 189 5 61 4 7 45 Ninety Nine Restaurant & Woburn, Mass. Fidelity National Financial Inc. Casual Dining 128 47 58 43 — 26 Pub Old Chicago Louisville, Colo. Centerbridge Partners L.P. Casual Dining 148 34 59 28 17 33 On the Border Mexican Grill Dallas Argonne Capital Group LLC Casual Dining 109 80 50 50 59 30 & Cantina Peet's Coffee Emeryville, Calif. JAB Holding Co. Beverage-Snack 121 66 27 45 — 64 Scottsdale, Ariz. Centerbridge Partners L.P. LSR/Chinese 114 77 30 27 10 58 Penn Station East Coast Milford, Ohio Penn Station Inc. LSR/Sandwich 181 21 23 33 19 89 Subs Phoenix LLC Pizza 176 40 64 50 29 44 Orange City, Iowa Pizza Ranch Inc. Pizza 162 27 37 38 21 67 Miami Inc. Chicken 107 11 44 6 29 32 Portillo's Oak Brook, Ill. LLC LSR/Sandwich 113 26 92 24 — 5 Potbelly Sandwich Works Chicago Potbelly Corp. LSR/Sandwich 103 17 14 13 2 76 Denver QCE Finance LLC LSR/Sandwich 146 99 4 98 62 100 Houston Fertitta Entertainment Inc. (Landry's Inc.) Casual Dining 175 88 97 84 — 4 Rally's Tampa, Fla. Sentinel Capital Partners LSR/Burger 134 58 22 41 22 80 Romano's Macaroni Grill Dallas Redrock Partners LLC Casual Dining 127 95 48 95 29 47 Rubio's Coastal Grill Carlsbad, Calif. Mill Road Capital L.P. LSR/Mexican 164 41 37 58 29 71 Ryan's Grill, Buffet & Bakery Hollywood Park, Texas Food Management Partners Buffet/Grill-Buffet 200 100 89 100 — 49 Houston Fertitta Entertainment Inc. (Landry's Inc.) Casual Dining 143 45 85 32 — 12 Sam's Cafe (Walmart stores) Bentonville, Ark. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. In-Store 126 65 5 42 — 94 Sarku Markham, Ontario Edjar International Inc. LSR/Japanese 156 31 28 72 53 75 , the Italian Eatery Columbus, Ohio Sbarro Holdings Inc. LSR/Italian 149 94 18 92 57 86 Schlotzsky's Austin, Texas Roark Capital Group LSR/Sandwich 119 32 17 44 25 79 Orlando, Fla. Darden Restaurants Inc. Casual Dining 144 33 90 75 — 10 New York Shake Shack Inc. LSR/Burger 178 1 87 1 29 14 Shari's Cafe & Pies Beaverton, Ore. Shari's Management Corp. Family Dining 193 42 61 50 — 54 Shoney's Nashville, Tenn. Royal Capital Corp. Family Dining 151 90 47 96 60 60 Culver City, Calif. Sizzler USA Acquisition Inc. Buffet/Grill-Buffet 155 67 53 71 40 52 Denver Consumer Capital Partners LSR/Burger 123 10 18 11 13 77 Orlando, Fla. Sun Capital Partners Inc. Casual Dining 185 53 79 34 — 27 Bar & Fire Grill Metairie, La. SK Systems Inc. (Smoothie King Franchises Inc.) Beverage-Snack 132 8 3 16 12 96 Sonny's Real Pit Bar-B-Q Maitland, Fla. Sonny's Franchise Co. Family Dining 140 69 56 79 45 38 Stripes Corpus Christi, Texas Energy Transfer Partners L.P. C-Store 122 18 2 15 — 93 Sweet Tomatoes Sun Capital Partners Inc. Buffet/Grill-Buffet 182 85 70 75 — 40 Bueno Farmers Branch, Texas Tarrant Capital IP LLC (TPG Growth) LSR/Mexican 165 36 39 37 29 65 Fiesta Restaurant Group Inc. LSR/Mexican 118 35 42 80 58 51 Taco John's Cheyenne, Wyo. Taco John's International Inc. LSR/Mexican 112 57 15 65 39 78 Tilted Kilt Pub & Eatery Tempe, Ariz. Tilted Kilt Franchise Operating LLC Casual Dining 192 39 66 74 41 50 Atlanta Buckhead Investment Partners Inc. Beverage-Snack 142 6 10 12 9 91 (Tropical Smoothie Cafe LLC) Twin Peaks Addison, Texas Front Burner Restaurants L.P. Casual Dining 136 13 75 14 8 22 Uno Chicago Grill/ Boston Twin Haven Capital Partners LLC Casual Dining 133 83 55 94 55 39 Pizzeria Uno Village Inn Denver Fidelity National Financial Inc. Family Dining 111 55 30 40 23 57 Newport Beach, Calif. Galardi Group Inc. LSR/ 154 51 20 78 42 82 Irvine, Calif. Yogurtland Inc. Beverage-Snack 196 16 21 29 14 92 Zoës Kitchen Plano, Texas Zoe's Kitchen Inc. LSR/ 160 4 43 5 29 62 Mediterranean NOTE: THE 38 CHAINS NOT RANKED BY GROWTH IN FRANCHISE UNITS DO NOT FRANCHISE. SOURCE: NRN RESEARCH