The fast food business is no longer dominated by burgers-and-fries or fried chicken.
Millennials are ditching chains like McDonald's for different kinds of fast food
Americans are moving away from burger-and-fries and fried chicken when it comes to fast food.
According to a poll from our partner, MSN, Americans are more interested in pizza and Mexican food than traditional burger and chicken joints: 37 to 32% respectively.
The poll also found roughly twice as many people say their favorite burger place is Wendy's versus Burger King or McDonald's, and it's even more pronounced among younger Americans. Roughly half the country admits to eating fast food at least once a week.
While McDonald's and other burger chains are synonymous with fast-food for many customers, the rise of pizza and Mexican chains shouldn't come as a shock.
Pizza chains have been on the rise in recent years. Smaller fast-casual chains such as Blaze Pizza and PizzaRev have had explosive growth, establishing a new kind of pizza chain.
However, perhaps the biggest winner in the pizza industry in 2017 is Domino's. In the last nine years, the chain has nearly doubled its sales, reaching
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