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This is a list of notable current and former fast food restaurant chains, as distinct from fast casual restaurants (see List of casual dining restaurant chains), coffeehouses (see List of coffeehouse chains), ice cream parlors (see List of ice cream parlor chains), and pizzerias (see List of pizza chains).
Rax Roast Beef is a regional U.S. fast food restaurant chain specializing in roast beef sandwiches. The company has been through many iterations, declaring bankruptcy more than once, rising to as many as 504 locations in 38 U.S. states in the 1980s and falling to fewer than 10 locations in the 2020s.
Burger Chef was an American fast-food restaurant chain. It began operating in 1954 in Indianapolis, Indiana, expanded throughout the United States, and at its peak in 1973 had 1,050 locations, including some in Canada. [1] The chain featured several signature items, such as the Big Shef and Super Shef hamburgers.
Fast food restaurants are far more advanced technologically than standard restaurants, as it is acceptable to sacrifice human interaction for fast service and results. However, for a traditional restaurant, adding in self-serving kiosks for example is not an ideal advancement.
While the first fast-food restaurant in the United States was a White Castle in 1921, [2] fast-food restaurants had been operating elsewhere much earlier, such as the Japanese fast food company Yoshinoya, started in Tokyo in 1899. [3]
Charleys Cheesesteaks, officially Charleys Philly Steaks, is an American restaurant chain specializing in Philly cheesesteak headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. [2] Formerly known as Charley's Steakery and Charley's Grilled Subs, the franchise was established in 1986 on the campus of Ohio State University. By 2017 there were 600 locations in 45 ...
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Fast food is a type of mass-produced food designed for commercial resale, with a strong priority placed on speed of service. Fast food is a commercial term, limited to food sold in a restaurant or store with frozen, preheated or precooked ingredients and served in packaging for take-out or takeaway.