McDonald?s Tops In Bentonville
by February 13, 2006 12:00 am 96 views
Two McDonald’s locations were the top restaurant revenue producers in Bentonville last year. Both McDonalds’s restaurants are operated by Mathews Management Corp. of Springdale.
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The McDonald’s at 201 S. Walton Blvd. was No. 1 in Bentonville with $2.51 million in sales, up 1.5 percent from $2.47 million in 2004.
The NASCAR McDonald’s took the No. 2 slot with $2.24 million, a 1 percent drop from $2.27 million in 2004.
Bill Mathews, one of the owners of Mathews Management Corp., said adding a second drive-through lane last summer at the Walton Boulevard location had increased sales by 5 percent to 10 percent.
The company opened a McDonald’s in Centerton in December, and Mathews said, “that hasn’t affected our sales in Bentonville at all.”
At No. 3, Shogun Steak House of Japan had $1.79 million in sales, an 8.2 percent drop from 2004’s $1.95 million. But the decrease appears to be because owner John Pak opened a Shogun Express in March 2005 a half mile from the existing Shogun restaurant. The Shogun Express had sales of $223,200 in 2005, taking some revenue away from the main Shogun restaurant. Together, Shogun and Shogun Express had sales of $2,016,600 for 2005, which would be a 3.2 percent increase over the main Shogun restaurant’s sales in 2004.
Buffalo Wild Wings made a strong showing at No. 5, especially since the restaurant didn’t open until May 2005.