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7. McAlister’s Deli

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Headquarters: Ridgeland, Mississippi

US sales: $548 million

Number of US restaurants: 361

Financial performance rank: 28

Customer satisfaction rank: 11

Value rank: 12

The Mississippi-based deli specializes in local and regional American favorites, from The New Yorker with its corned beef, pastrami, and Swiss on rye to the West Coast Bánh Mì, McAlister’s take on the Vietnamese classic, not to mention the chain’s famous sweet tea.

The bulk of McAlister’s restaurants are in the Southeastern US, but it’slooking for franchise partners in several cities in Wisconsin and Colorado to continue growing westward.

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