1970's
 
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| 1970 |
Naugles, Dick
Naugle, Riverside, CA
Carrows, David Nancarrow, Santa Clara CA |
1970 - General Mills acquires Red Lobster 1970 - Nathan's Famous Hot Dog's goes public and opens restaurant #4 1970 - Ronald Reagan (Governor of California) passed the first Franchise Law |
| 1971 |
Schlotzskys, Austin, TX Togo’s, Micheal Cobler, San Jose, CA Starbucks, Seattle WA Angelo's and Vinci's, Fullerton, CA |
1971- Heublein Inc. purchases KFC for $285 Million 1971 - Harold Butler purchases Naugles |
| 1972 |
Popeyes, Al Copeland, New Orleans, LA
The Cheesecake Factory, David Overton, Los Angeles, CA Gladstone's 4-Fish, Robert Morris, Malibu, CA Mrs. C's Restaruant, Des Moines, IA (To become Poppin' Fresh Pies/Bakers Square) Ruby Tuesday, Sandy Beall, Knoxville, TN Captain Tony's Pizza & Pasta, Michael J. Martella 1972 - Super Popeyes Fried Chicken, Al Copeland, Arabi LA 1972 - Cousins Subs, Jim Sheppard & Bill Specht, Milwaukee WI |
1972 - Pizza Hut goes public with 1000 stores 1972 - Shoneys drops the name big boy from its name |
| 1973 |
Godfathers Pizza, Omaha NB
Miguels Restaurant, Mike & Mary Vasquez, Corona, CA |
1973 - The Egg McMuffin was developed |
| 1974 |
Subway, Fred DeLuca, Quaker Steak & Lube, George "Jig" Warren III and Gary "Moe" Meszaros, Sharon, PA |
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| 1975 |
Chili's, Dallas Texas
El Pollo Loco, Juan Francisco, Guasave, Mexico Miguels Jr, Mike & Mary Vasquez, Corona, CA |
1975 - 100th Carls Jr. Opened 1975 - Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs acquires Wetson Hamberger Chain and it's 70 units in NY |
| 1976 |
1976 -
Chi-Chi's 1976 - Coffee Beanery, JoAnne & Julius Shaw |
1976 - Wendy’s goes public |
| 1977 |
1977 - Claim Jumper, Craig Nickolaff, Los Alamitos CA |
1977 - Pizza Hut merges into PepsiCo 1977 - Country Kitchen acquired by Carlson Companies |
| 1978 |
Chuck E. Cheese’s
Ben & Jerry's, Ben Cohen & Jerry Greenfield, Burlingon, VT Au Bon Pain, Louis Kane, Boston MA Barnaby's Family Inn, Southbend, IN |
1978 - PepsiCo purchases Taco Bell |
| 1979 |
House of Donuts, CA
Yoshinoya, Los Angeles Damon's, Irv Rossman, Columbus OH |
1979 - Howard Johnson's 1040 restaurants and 520 motor lodges acquired by Imperial Group of Great Britan. |
All the information on
Restaurant Franchise Timeline
was researched and gathered by Dacy Nottingham
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