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An Arby's restaurant with a vintage sign in Midland, Michigan (2006). Arby's was founded in Boardman Township, Ohio, on July 23, 1964, by brothers Forrest (1922–2008) [15] and Leroy Raffel (1927–2023), [16] owners of a restaurant equipment business who thought there was a market opportunity for a fast food franchise based on a dish other than hamburgers.
Inspire Brands LLC is an American fast-food restaurant franchise company. Owned by Roark Capital Group, it owns the Arby's, Buffalo Wild Wings, Sonic Drive-In, Jimmy John's, Mister Donut, Dunkin' Donuts, and Baskin-Robbins chains, which have a combined 31,700 locations and US$30 billion in system sales.
On June 13, 2011, Wendy's/Arby's Group Inc. announced that it would sell the majority of its Arby's chain to Roark Capital Group, maintaining an 18.5% stake in the company. [ 30 ] In August 2011, the Wendy's Company announced it would move its corporate headquarters from Sandy Springs, Georgia , to their Dublin Restaurant Support Center (Wendy ...
Its headquarters moved to Dublin, Ohio, on January 29, 2006. As of December 31, 2018, Wendy's was the world's third-largest hamburger fast-food chain with 6,711 locations, following McDonald’s and Burger King. On September 29, 2008, the company merged with Triarc Companies Inc., the publicly traded parent company of Arby's.
In May 2013, Brown became Chief Executive Officer of Arby’s. [7] During his tenure as CEO of Arby’s, the brand introduced a new restaurant design and launched the “We Have The Meats” marketing campaign. [8] Brown also introduced new menu items including smokehouse brisket, pork belly, gyros, deep-fried turkey, and venison. [9]
Pilot Flying J's main restaurants include Arby's, Chester's Chicken, Dairy Queen, Denny's, Hardee's, McDonald's, Pizza Hut, Subway, Taco Bell, Wendy's, and Cinnabon. Recently they have also added Huddle House (full-service restaurants), Moe's Southwest Grill , and Dunkin Donuts .
Sonic Corporation, founded as Sonic Drive-In and more commonly known as Sonic (stylized in all caps), is an American drive-in fast-food chain owned by Inspire Brands, the parent company of Arby's, Dunkin' Donuts and Buffalo Wild Wings. [5] Sonic, founded by Troy N. Smith, Sr., opened its first location in 1953, under the name Top Hat Drive-In. [6]
Thomas A. Garrett (born in Gadsden, Alabama, in 1962), [1] is a former president and CEO of Arby's, an American fast food restaurant chain. He is currently CEO and founder of GPS Hospitality. [2] He was executive vice president and chief operating officer of Triarc from September 2007 through September 2008.