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HISTORY OF THE FAST FOOD INDUSTRY

CHAIN	FOUNDERS	YEAR	ORIGINAL LOCATION	2007 OWNER	HEADQUARTERS	STOCK SYMBOL
A&W	Roy Allen Frank Wright	1922	Lodi, CA	Yum! Brands, Inc.	Louisville, KY	NYSE: YUM
Arby's	Forrest Raffel Larry Raffel	1964	Boardman, OH	Triarc Companies, Inc (since 1993)	New York, NY	NYSE: TRY
Baskin-Robbins	Burt Baskin Irv Robbins	1946	Glendale, CA	Dunkin' Brands	Canton, MA	Private
Blimpie	Tony Conza Peter DeCarlo Angelo Baldassare	1964	Hoboken, NJ	KBI Holdings, LLC	Scottsdale, AZ	Private
Burger King	James McLamore David Edgerton	1954	Miami, FL	Burger King Corporation	Miami, FL	NYSE: BKC
Carl's Jr.	Carl N. Karcher	1941	Los Angeles, CA	CKE Restaurants	Carpinteria, CA	NYSE: CKR
Del Taco	Ed Hackbarth David Jameson	1961	Yermo, CA	Sagittarius Brands (since 2006)	Nashville, TN	Private
El Pollo Loco	Juan Francisco Ochoa	1975	Guasave, Mexico	Trimarin Capital Partners	Costa Mesa, CA	Private
Jack In The Box	Robert Oscar Peterson	1951	San Diego, CA	Jack In The Box, Inc.	San Diego, CA	NYSE: JBX
KFC	Colonel Harland Sanders	1952	North Corbin, KY	Yum! Brands, Inc.	Louisville, KY	NYSE: YUM
Long John Silver's	Jerrico, Inc.	1969	Lexington, KY	Yum! Brands, Inc.	Canton, MA	NYSE: YUM
McDonald's	Ray Kroc Dick McDonald Mac McDonald	1955	Des Plaines, IL	McDonald's Corporation	Oak Brook, IL	NYSE: MCD
Quiznos Sub	Rick Schaden	1981	Boulder, CO	QIP Holder LLC	Denver, CO	Private (since 2001)
Panda Express	Andrew Cherng Peggy Cherng Robert Cherng	1983	Glendale, CA	Panda Restaurant Group	Rosemead, CA	Private
Pizza Hut	Dan Carney Frank Carney	1958	Wichita, KS	Yum! Brands, Inc.	Louisville, KY	NYSE: YUM
Subway	Fred De Luca Peter Buck	1965	Bridgeport, CT	Doctor's Associates, Inc.	Milford, CT	Private
Taco Bell	Glen Bell	1962	San Bernardino, CA	Yum! Brands, Inc.	Louisville, KY	NYSE: YUM
Togo's	Michael T. Cobler	1971	San Jose, CA	Dunkin' Brands	Canton, MA	Private
Wendy's	Dave Thomas	1969	Columbus, OH	Wendy's International, Inc.	Dublin, OH	NYSE: WEN
Wienerschnitzel	John N. Galardi	1961	Wilmington, CA	Galardi Group	Newport Beach, CA	Private

HISTORICAL NOTES

- ARBY's parent company Triarc once owned RC Cola until the 1990s.
- Colonel Sanders sold Kentucky Fried Chicken to Heublein Inc for $2 million in 1964.
- Kentucky Fried Chicken began calling itself KFC in 1991.
- PepsiCo sold Kentucky Fried Chicken to Yum! Brands in 1997.
- Burger King was purchased in 1967 by Pillsbury Company, who sold it to Grand Metropolitan PC in 1989.
- Burger King was owned by Diageo from 1997 to 2002.
- In 1978 Glen Bell sold Taco Bell to PepsiCo, Inc.
- In 1988 Del Taco merged with Naugles and began operating 24 hours.
- Burger Chef was a popular chain for years until dissolving in the 90s. It was founded in 1956 by Frank and Donald Thomas in Indianapolis.
- Burger Chef was purchased in 1968 by General Foods Corp, who sold to Imasco in 1982.