unremarkably , a good degenerate food restaurant experience demand receive your solid food fast ( duh ) , receiving the right order ( without extra ingredients like , uh , chicken foot ) , and maybe even a well-disposed fundamental interaction besides " next in line " or " following . " But when it comes to getting agreatfast intellectual nourishment client experience , it turn outChick - fil - AandSubwaydominate the game , at least accord to a new view .

For the fifth year in a row , Chick - fil - A gain the top spot among fast food chains on theTemkin Experience Ratings , an one-year ranking of companies based on a resume of 10,000 US consumers . With a rating of 78 % , the Georgia - ground fried crybaby giant topped other democratic chains likeSubway(75%),IHOP(74%),Little Caesar’s(74 % ) , as well asArby’s , Taco Bell , Hardees , andDunkin ' Donuts(all wed at 73 % ) . Chick - fil - A also placedthirdout of the 294 companies across 20 industriousness included in the massive survey . Maybe it has something to do withthose superb " phone hencoop " things .

Meanwhile , McDonald’sandBurger Kingtied at 65 % for a significantly less - covet spot on the ranking : last home . Three other chains –Baskin Robbins(66%),KFC(68 % ) , andDomino’s(69 % ) – also fail to earn a " good " military rank based on the survey , accord to a Temkinpress release . In fact , Burger King ’s rating send away by a whopping ( no pun think ) eight points from 2015 to 2016 .

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And although they still received " unspoiled " ratings ( at or above 70%),Sonic Drive - In(70 % ) andDairy Queen(72 % ) also see pregnant decline in their ratings over the last year – minus 10 % and minus 9 % , respectively .

Temkin suppose Chick - fil - A ’s continued ascendency on the ranking , despite tough competition , is " telling . " But it also makes a mass of sentiency , considering itsperformance in similar surveys over the last few year . All those crispy fry chicken sandwiches and waffle Roger Eliot Fry probably help , too .

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