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Cook Out – Cooked Outdoors Style…

Posted on May 5, 2011 by editor1

Cook Out is a privately owned restaurant chain in North Carolina, Tenessee, South Carolina and Richmond, Virginia. Opened by Morris Reaves in Greensboro, the chain has around 75 drive-through restaurants today. Cook-out is known for printing religious phrases on its … Continue reading →

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Jack in the Box

Posted on May 5, 2011 by editor1

Jack in the Box was founded in 1951 by Robert O. Peterson in San Diego, California as Topsy’s drive-in. Several more Topsy’s were opened and renamed as Oscar’s after Peterson’s middle name and a circus like décor eaturing drawings of … Continue reading →

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Wendy’s – Quality is the Recipe…..

Posted on May 2, 2011 by editor1

Wendy’s is an international fast food chain restaurant started by Dave Thomas on November 15, 1969, in Columbus, Ohio, US. With approx. 6650 locations, Wendy’s is the third largest chain of fast food restaurants in the world today, after McDonald’s … Continue reading →

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Hardee’s….Flame it Up…

Posted on May 1, 2011 by editor1

The first restaurant of Hardee’s was opened in Greenville, North Carolina on September 9, 1960 by Wilbur Hardee with eye catching manly menu items, including the Huskee. Hardee’s has grown to become the fourth largest American fast food chain (together … Continue reading →

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Carl’s Jr. – Just the way it is…

Posted on April 30, 2011 by editor1

Carl’s Jr., founded in 1941 by Carl Karcher as Carl’s Drive-in Barbeque, is the fourth largest american fast-food restaurant chain in size (combined with sibling chain Hardee’s) with outlets in Southern, Western and Southwestern US. The name was changed to … Continue reading →

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WhataBurger…..

Posted on April 29, 2011 by editor1

Whataburger, established by Harmon Dobson in Corpus Christi, Texas on August 8, 1950, is a fast food restaurant chain specializing in Hamburgers. It has nearly 700 locations in the US (Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida … Continue reading →

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ButterBurgers at Culver’s…

Posted on April 28, 2011 by editor1

Culver’s is a privately owned and operated fast food restaurant chain spread primarily in the Midwestern United States. It started in 1984 when George Culver purchased the A & W international on Philips Boulevard, Sauk City, Wisconsin, renovated it and … Continue reading →

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A & W International – Burger with Beer

Posted on April 27, 2011 by editor1

A & W was founded in Lodi, California by Roy Allen and frank Wright in 1919 and the first product of the company was A & W Root Beer. Allen started franchising his product in 1921, arguably the first successful … Continue reading →

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