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| 1980 |
1980 -
Applebees, Bill Palmer, Atlanta, GA 1980 - Fuddruckers, Phil Romano, San Antonio Texas |
1980 - El pollo loco opened in
US (Los Angeles) 85 in Mexico 1980 - Ben & Jerry's starts selling Ice Cream to Groceries. |
| 1981 |
1981 - TCBY, Frank Hickingbotham,
Littlerock, AK 1981 - Farmerboys, Havadjias brothers, Riverside, CA 1981 - Buffalo Wild Wings, Jim Disbrow and Scott Lowery, Kent, Ohio 1981 - Campus Hero, Corvallis, OR (Big Town Hero) 1981 - Lindey's Restaurant, Sue, Chris & Rick Doody, German Village, OH 1981 - Figaro's, Al DeBacker & Corky Gorley, Salem, OR 1981 - Papa Aldo's, Hillsboro, OR 1981 - Chesapeake Bagel, Washington DC |
1981 - CKE goes public (Carl’s Jr.) 1981 - Ben & Jerry's open first franchise |
| 1982 |
1982 - Olive Garden, Blain
Sweatt (General Mills), Orlando, FL 1982 - Islands, Tony DeGrazier, West Lost Angeles, CA 1982 - Ruby's Diner, Doug Cavanaugh and Ralph Kosmides, Balboa, CA 1982 - L&N Seafood Grill, Knoxville, TN 1982 - Dave & Busters, Dave and Buster, Dallas TX |
1982 - RJ Reynolds get KFC in buy out of Heublein Inc. 1982 - Applebee's sold to WR Grace & Co 1982 - Gladstone's 4-fish moves to new location in Pacific Palisades 1982 - General Foods sells Burger Chef to Hardee's. Many converted to Hardee's 1982 - Ruby Tuesday merges with Specialty Restaurant Division of Morrison Inc. |
| 1983 |
1983 - Quizno’s, Denver, CO 1983 - Papajohns Pizza, John Schnatter, IN 1983 - Rubios, Ralph Rubio, San Diego, CA 1983 - Bruegger's Bagels, Burlington, Vermont 1983 - Panda Express, Andrew Cherng 1983 - Hooters, Clearwater, FL 1983 - Miami Subs, Gus Boulis, Key West, FL 1983 - Blackjack Pizza, Vince Schmuhl, Federal Heights, CO June 29, 1983 1983 - Chin Chin's, Bob Mandler, West Hollywood, CA 1983 - Copelands New Orleans Restaurant, Al Copeland, New Orleans, LA |
1983- Denny's Purchases El Pollo
Loco 1983- VICORP Restaurants purchases Mrs. C's (Early 70's) /Poppin Fresh Pies and started Bakers Square |
| 1984 |
1984 -
Juan Pollo,
Armando Parra, 1984 - Hooker Hamburgers, John Jay Hooker 1984 - Murphy's Pizza, Petaluma, CA 1984 - American Cafe, Knoxville TN 1984 - Culver's, Craig & Lea and George & Ruth Culver, Sauk City, WI 1984 - Arvin's Big Biscuit, Arvan Leany, Grand Junction, CO (Starvin' Arvin's) |
1984 - Shultz pushes owners to open 2nd Starbucks 1984 - Gladstone's is purchased by W.R. Grace in 1985 1984 - Carls Jr franchises for the first time 1984 - Ben & Jerry's Goes Public |
| 1985 |
1985 - El Torito Grill, El
Torito, CA 1985 - Boston Chicken, Newton MA 1985 - Cinnabon, Seattle WA 1985 - California Pizza Kitchen, Rick Rosenfield & Larry Flax, Beverly Hills, CA 1985 - Beef O Bradys 1985 - Cici's Pizza, Joe Croce, Plano TX 1985 - Copelands Cheesecake Bistro, Al Copeland, New Orleans, LA |
1985 - Shultz leaves StarBucks to open Il giornale coffee 1985 - Harold Butler Sells Naugles to Collins Food International |
| 1986 |
1986 -
Carrabba's Italian Grill, Johnny
Carrabba & Damian Mandola, Houston TX 1986 - Charley's Grilled Subs, Charley Shin, Columbus OH 1986 - Chevy's |
1986 - IDQ buys KarmelKorn & Orange Julious in 1987 1986 - PepsiCo purchases KFC for $840 Million 1986 - Pizza Hut opens store # 5000 1986 - Hooker Hamburgers sold |
| 1987 |
1987 - Manhattan Bagel, Dunellen, NJ 1987 - 5 and Diner, Ken Higginbotham, Phoenix AZ 1987 - Back Yard Burgers, Lattimore M Michael, Cleveland, MS 1987 - Champps, Minneapolis MN |
1987 - John Wooley bought Schlotzsky's 1987 - Shultz buys starbucks coffee opens 17 stores 1987 - Denny's bought by Advantica Group 1987 - Foodmaker Inc goes public (Jack in the Box) 1987 - Tim Hortons opens 300th location 1987 - Restaurant Enterprises Group Purchases Coco's |
| 1988 |
1988 - Cold Stone
Creamery, Donald Sutherland, Scottsdale, AZ 1988 - Koo Koo Roo, Los Angeles 1988 - Outback Steakhouse, Tampa FL 1988 - Roy's, Roy Yamaguchi, Honolulu, HI 1988 - Auntie Anne's, Anne Beiler, Downingtown, PA |
1988 - Naugles merges back in with Del Taco 1988 - Applebees bought by franchisee starts Ap. Int. |
| 1989 |
1989 - Market Broiler, Riverside, CA
1989 - Hogi Yogi, Mike Clayton, Logan, UT 1989 - Jose's Taco Shop, Jose Jara, Glen Avon, CA 1989 - Abuelo's 1989 - Buffalo's Southwest Cafe, GA |
1989 - Domino’s opens store # 5000 1989 - Shakey's sold to Singapore-based Inno-Pacific Holdings |
All the information on
Restaurant Franchise Timeline
was researched and gathered by Dacy Nottingham
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