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Restaurant Stocks
Restaurant stocks are publicly traded companies that operate food vendors of various shapes and sizes. Restaurants remain a difficult business to enter with the majority failing within their first year, largely due to fluctuations within the greater economy -- people tend to eat out more when their other finances are in order. With that said, there remain some strong publicly traded restaurant businesses that have stood the test of time, like Chipotle, McDonald’s, and many more.

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