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R. J. Reynolds, founder Share of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, issued 15 March 1906. The son of a tobacco farmer in Virginia, Richard Joshua "R. J." Reynolds sold his shares of his father's company in Patrick County, Virginia, and ventured to the nearest town with a railroad connection, Winston-Salem, to start his own tobacco company. [3]
[1] [3] In 1977, Fulk and his business partner, Richard Thomas, opened a chicken restaurant that became the first Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits on West Boulevard in Charlotte, North Carolina. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] The first restaurant was a walk-in with no seating, [ 2 ] but it specialized in chicken that was spicier than its competitors. [ 3 ]
This is a list of restaurateurs.A restaurateur is a person who opens and runs restaurants professionally. Although over time the term has come to describe any person who owns a restaurant, traditionally it refers to a highly skilled professional who is proficient in all aspects of the restaurant business.
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Under its state agreement, Janssen Biotech has committed to creating 420 jobs at a drug substance factory in the city of Wilson. The company pledged to hire these workers between 2027 and 2031 at ...
Rx Restaurant and Bar first opened in 2012 in the historic Hall's Drug Store building along Castle St. in Wilmington, N.C. After being closed for more than a year, a popular eatery on Castle ...
Wilson is a city in and the county seat of Wilson County, North Carolina, United States. It is the 23rd most populous city in North Carolina . [ 4 ] Located approximately 40 mi (64 km) east of the capital city of Raleigh , it is served by the interchange of Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 264 .
Other notable buildings include the Woodard-Watson Warehouse, Planter's Warehouse, Passenger Station and Freight Depot (1924), Jackson Chapel First Baptist Church (1913), St. John's African Methodist Episcopal Church (1915), Imperial Tobacco Company (c. 1903, c. 1910, 1919), Winstead-Hardy Building (c. 1866), Rountree Building (1870s), Planter ...