This Saturday is Fast Food Day, but many of us commemorate it on a weekly basis.
A study by DriveResearch.com shows nearly two-thirds of people hit a quick-service restaurant at least once a week, with more than a third stopping by several times. It’s easy to understand since many families are always on the go shuffling between meetings, school and activities on the evenings and weekends.
Ahead of the big day, BetKentucky.com broke for lunch on Kentucky sports betting coverage to analyze the most popular fast food chain restaurants of Bluegrass State residents by looking at the search results of each chain from 11/07/2023 to 11/07/2024. (NOTE: Coffee chains were excluded from the results)
Favorite Fast Food Chains of Kentucky Residents
Rank | Fast Food Chains | Interest Over Time Period |
1 | McDonald’s | 4 |
2 | Taco Bell | 3 |
T-3 | Wendy’s | 2 |
T-3 | Chick-fil-A | 2 |
T-3 | Burger King | 2 |
T-3 | Arby’s | 2 |
T-7 | Subway | 1 |
T-7 | KFC | 1 |
T-7 | Raising Cane’s | 1 |
T-7 | Culver’s | 1 |
McDonalds is King in Kentucky
The results were not surprising, with McDonald’s, the restaurant that introduced fast food nationwide 70 years ago, topping our search lists. But Kentuckians also have cravings for Mexican and chicken, which makes a lot of sense since Yum! Brands, the parent company of Taco Bell and KFC, is headquartered in Louisville.
Did you know that the average person, according to Drive Research, spends nearly $150 each month on fast food? However, men almost spend twice as much ($196) as women ($99). Fast food is more popular for millennials ($214) than any other generation, followed by GenX’ers ($164), GenZ ($120) and Baby Boomers ($59).
So, how can Kentuckians celebrate the day? Obviously, they can swing by their favorite Subway or Culvers or other fast food joint, or they can even DoorDash it and have the food brought to the house as they watch the Louisville Cardinals, the No. 22 team in the country, travel to Stanford for an Atlantic Coast Conference matchup.
According to Fanatics Kentucky Sportsbook, quarterback Tyler Shough and the Cardinals are 19.5-point favorites over the Cardinal. Louisville is already bowl eligible, and the Cards can stay in the hunt for a berth in next month’s conference championship with a win.
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