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DraniKitty t1_j031o9c wrote

Fun fact with Carl's Jr, that's one of those companies that has a different name depending on coast - On the easy coast they go by the name Hardee's! So that map might need a bit of tweaking!

Also depending on which side of the country you're on, you either have Ceckers or Rally's, but they're also the same company with all the same logos and patterns otherwise.

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DraniKitty t1_j032umo wrote

Replying to MaverickJW (#921,742)

To be fair, I'm not sure a lot of people in the US realize, either. I've lived on both sides of the country, which is why I know, but most folks don't do a full 3,000 mile move to find out. You're good in not knowing before ~

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ConradSchu t1_j037le2 wrote

Wait so Charlotte/piedmont area has the only Jack in Box on the east coast? That's kinda weird.

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Norwester77 t1_j03k6lm wrote

Never realized Jack in the Box was that regional.

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G_Peccary t1_j03nlrg wrote

Pray for the poor souls on the east coast who don't have Jack in the Box.

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Alfalfa-Similar t1_j03qs2l wrote

Now do the world ;). It would be a lot of yellow 🤟🏻

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Soapforger t1_j040c0i wrote

Poor Wyoming has no chick fil a

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eric5014 t1_j041cwn wrote

Replying to the_bi_catgirl_blue (#921,822)

I was thinking of this. I hope to resurrect my cartogram algorithm early next year, so you could plot points and see the prevalence of certain places relative to population. But then you'd have the opposite problem - sparsely inhabited areas will typically have more establishments per population than a metro area.

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eric5014 t1_j0424r0 wrote

I first thought "Oh, just another population map", but then realised these maps illustrate well that many chains are quite regional.

In my part of Australia, Subway and McDonalds are ubiquitous. Haven't seen any of the others except Carl's Jr just turned up last year.

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HAV3L0ck t1_j044wbq wrote

Interesting maps... and Interesting usage of "geospacial distribution" to mean maps.

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kridnack t1_j04dl74 wrote

Kind of weird California doesn’t have Waffle House. And this further proves my point that North Texas tries to hard to BE a little California.

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omarmctrigger t1_j04nls2 wrote

My favorite part about the McDonald’s map is the distance between them in South Dakota. There’s a billboard in Rapid City that reads “Last McDonald’s for 200 miles” (or so). Makes me giggle.

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lnxguy t1_j04sgcc wrote

Waffle House! You gotta get those numbers up!

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homebroo t1_j04uroh wrote

I saw Joe DiMaggio at Dinky Donuts

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impracticable t1_j04uwuh wrote

I feel like if Dunkin is included so should Starbucks?

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Woooooolf t1_j04vs4f wrote

Subway has 24,000 stores? Holy shit.

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cobrachickenwing t1_j04z9wp wrote

You mean there is no major food franchise on unmanned oil rigs?

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waffleslaw t1_j04zihb wrote

Replying to lastduckalive (#923,737)

Well if/when you go don't waste time on the waffles, they aren't that great. Get something off the griddle. My order is the patty melt and hash browns smothered, covered, and country!

Just typing this made me smell the inside of a waffles house. I haven't been in one in well over a decade.

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[deleted] t1_j056kvr wrote

I would not have guessed there are more Chik Fil As then Jack in the Boxes.

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NOLA2Cincy t1_j056vr4 wrote

Wendy's should be #4. They have almost 6,000 locations in the the US. Also Popeyes has 2885.

And where are Taco Bell and Burger King?

While this is an interesting visualization, it would be better with the top brands represented.

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wrp1 t1_j05ddif wrote

Really enjoyed this version of it.

I’m sure I’m not the first, but good color for Waffle House.

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mlee0518 t1_j05e8b5 wrote

SUBWAY is more popular than MCDONALDS!?

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Veers331 t1_j05esdd wrote

It's me, I'm the northernmost Dunkin' on the American-Canada border

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LuskTonto t1_j05knse wrote

The sonic one needs some updating. we have like 2 in my town and garunteed atleast 5/6 in the state of wisconsin that arent marked.....

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pedrothegator t1_j05mo7u wrote

I never noticed when living in the PNW there wasn’t a waffle house, such nostalgia as a teenager.

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bestem t1_j05npmi wrote

I find this more interesting than the last one I saw. I compared what we had locally to the 9 fast food restaurants it showed.

If I do that with this one, in my small city I have

  • 4 Subways
  • 1 McDonalds
  • 0 Dunkin Donuts
  • 0 Sonic's
  • 0 Chick-Fil-As
  • 1 Jack in the Box
  • 0 Waffle Houses
  • 0 Five Guys'
  • and 2 Carl's Jrs.

The last one I was missing a few, but the distribution wasn't that far off from the national distribution. This time I'm fairly far from the national distribution, comparatively.

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MoonTans t1_j05obse wrote

Some brave bastard at Dunkin marketing was like yes, America runs on Dunkin, knowing full well the east coast runs on Dunkin.

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Fares232222 t1_j05oqlh wrote

wtf the north west doesnt have dunkin donuts???

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bestem t1_j05pnvm wrote

Replying to NOLA2Cincy (#926,297)

I apologize. I didn't mean to sound accusatory or anything, and I can see how it might have been.

I just wanted to show you that there had been one posted, very recently (recent enough you can still take part in conversation there) that had most of the chains you were looking for. No Popeye's though, so it wasn't good enough to hit them all.

Really, I was just trying to help, I'm sorry if it came across as anything else.

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NOLA2Cincy t1_j05qot0 wrote

Replying to bestem (#926,318)

Hey thanks. I was worried I was being too sensitive. Now it's easy to see you were just trying to show me the finished product.

Appreciate you reaching out.

Keep enjoying the Reddit world.

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Turtlepower7777777 t1_j05t14v wrote

Replying to greenlilly026 (#921,613)

Waffle House is intrinsically linked to Southern culture and food. It was founded and Headquartered in the metro Atlanta area. Cracker Barrel is also a Southern staple and is where all church goers eat Brunch on Sunday (and not tip their servers)

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greenlilly026 t1_j06tv41 wrote

Replying to Turtlepower7777777 (#926,476)

I was at cracker barrel on new years day one year and this group of old bitties complained to the server and manager (very seriously) that they didn't have black eyed peas. Ma'am, you are 246 years old. I doubt this was your first trip to cracker barrel and you knew they didn't have black eyed peas. It was so over the top

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carlitospig t1_j07lfds wrote

Had no idea the eastern seaboard had never had Jack in the box tacos at 2am. Damn shame, that.

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lisamariefan t1_j07mr01 wrote

How old is this data? Because I know in this post and other we have some of the restaurants in question but I don't even see a faint dot in my area.

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Ok-Bottle-1594 t1_j07nrrv wrote

Border of Utah holding out Chick Fil A like it’s the plague.

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SisyphusRocks7 t1_j07pbbg wrote

Replying to thatbvg (#926,740)

Multi-brand companies usually focus group that choice at a minimum, because of the many bad stories of clueless multi-nationals in the 1960s and 1970s. The most famous example is probably when Chevrolet tried to sell its “Nova” model in Mexico, which failed badly because “no va” in Spanish means “(you) do not go.”

Is there a potentially similar sounding word in Arabic to “Carl’s” that they might want to avoid associating with?

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thatbvg t1_j07pzb2 wrote

Replying to SisyphusRocks7 (#929,916)

True. I have no idea as I don’t speak Arabic but maybe you’re correct. I remember Mitsubishi launched the Pajero in Spain and they didn’t sell any because it’s not a very nice word in Spanish.

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JanitorKarl t1_j09cdte wrote

You should have included Hardee's with Carl's Jr.

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