B
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Recent
50%
50% -- menu price increase since 2019 for QSR industry (2025)
QSR prices (and QSR burger prices specifically) increased by 50% to 55% between 2019 and 2025/2026.
- Reported as a range of 50% to 55%
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Value
50%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Schaefer
Primary
Tier B
https://schaefer.co/schaefer-qsr-industry-deep-dive ↗
Source Article
QSR Industry Deep Dive 2025-2026 — Schaefer
$532B
U.S. limited-service restaurant revenue in 2025 — up 4.3% from $510B in 2024
−0.3%
Full-year 2025 foodservice traffic growth — a decline despite record top-line revenue
30%
Share of all restaurant visits in 2025 driven by a deal or promotion — a 50-year high
The QSR industry in 2025 was define…
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Schaefer
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Methodology
Range reported; midpoint used
Methodology documented
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Industrymarketing
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QSR industry: 50% menu price increase since 2019. Source: Schaefer (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/qsr-price-increase-since-2019
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/qsr-price-increase-since-2019" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>50%</strong> -- menu price increase since 2019 for QSR industry<br><small>Source: Schaefer (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/qsr-price-increase-since-2019" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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