Growth
China Buffet against its category
The biggest tracked US buffets by card spend, with year-over-year growth of category share. Share means a chain's slice of tracked category spend. It can decline while the chain's own sales grow. The chart tracks China Buffet's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q4 = 100.
| # | Chain | YoY share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Golden Corral Buffet & Grill | -1.7% |
| 2 | Cicis Pizza | +2.4% |
| 3 | China Buffet | -1.1% |
| 4 | Pizza Ranch | +5.7% |
| 5 | King Buffet | +5.8% |
| 6 | Sizzler | +1.4% |
| 7 | Grand Buffet | +3.7% |
| 8 | Hibachi Grill & Supreme Buffet | -14.9% |
| 9 | Chuck-a-Rama | +10.5% |
| 10 | Asian Buffet | +0.9% |
Share of tracked category spend, indexed
Store footprint
Store map
210 tracked China Buffet locations across 38 US states. Indiana, Wisconsin, and North Carolina hold 19% of them.
Tracked stores by state
- Indiana 15
- Wisconsin 13
- North Carolina 12
- Florida 11
- Illinois 11
- Ohio 10
- Texas 10
- Mississippi 9
- South Carolina 9
- Michigan 8
- Tennessee 8
- Arkansas 7
- Minnesota 7
- Pennsylvania 7
- Georgia 6
- Kentucky 6
- Alabama 5
- Arizona 5
- Missouri 5
- California 4
- Iowa 4
- Kansas 4
- Nebraska 4
- New York 4
- West Virginia 4
- Maryland 3
- Massachusetts 2
- New Jersey 2
- Oklahoma 2
- Oregon 2
- South Dakota 2
- Vermont 2
- Washington 2
- Colorado 1
- Idaho 1
- Montana 1
- Nevada 1
- Wyoming 1
Customer overlap
Who shops at China Buffet
Tracked chains China Buffet customers also buy from more than a similarly active shopper would, indexed to the strongest overlap (100). From real card transactions.
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