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Buffalo
Wild
Wings
Founded
1981 in
Kent, OH
by Jim
Disbrow
and
Scott
Lowery
Currently
has
revenue
of $210
Million
a year
with
370
locations |
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The year was 1981.
Jim Disbrow and
Scott Lowery had
recently
transplanted to
Kent, Ohio after
living in Buffalo,
New York. All was
fine until one day
when the two were
craving wings. Not
just ordinary wings,
but authentic
Buffalo, New
York-style chicken
wings. Only problem
was there was
nowhere to get wings
nearby. So Jim and
Scott had two
choices to satisfy
their appetite: they
could either make a
road trip to New
York or open a wing
joint close to home.
Lucky for us they
chose the latter.
Hence, the beginning
of Buffalo Wild
Wings & Weck, now
Buffalo Wild Wings
Grill & Bar, the
no-holds-barred
grill and bar that
serves up a healthy
dose of fun with
every batch of
Buffalo chicken
wings. |
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YEAR |
BRAND NAME |
FOUNDERS |
LOCATION |
LINK |
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1980 |
Applebees |
Bill
Palmer |
Atlanta,
GA |
www.applebees.com
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Fuddruckers |
Phil
Romano |
San
Antonio, TX |
www.fuddruckers.com
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1981 |
TCBY |
Frank
Hickingbotham |
Littlerock, AK |
www.tcby.com
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Farmerboys |
Havadjias
Bros |
Riverside, CA |
www.farmerboys.com
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Buffalo Wild Wings |
Jim
Disbrow and Scott Lowery |
Kent, OH |
www.buffalowildwings.com
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Big Town Hero |
- |
Covallis,
OR |
www.bigtownhero.com
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Lindey's Restaurant |
Sue,
Chris and Rick Doody |
German
Village, OH |
www.lindeys.com
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Figaro's |
Al
Debacker and Corky
Gorley |
Salem, OR |
www.figaros.com
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Papa Aldos |
- |
Hillsboro, OR |
www.papamurphys.com
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Chesepeake Bagel |
- |
Washington DC, DC |
www.chesbagel.com
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1982 |
Olive Garden |
Blain
Sweatt (General Mills) |
Orlando,
FL |
www.olivegarden.com
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Islands |
Tony
DeGrazier |
West Los
Angeles, CA |
www.islandsrestaurants.com
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Ruby's Diner |
Doug
Cavahaugh & Ralph
Kosmides |
Balboa,
CA |
www.rubys.com
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L&N Seafood Grill |
- |
Knoxville, TN |
www.lnseafood.com
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Dave & Busters |
Dave and
Buster |
Dallas,
TX |
www.daveandbusters.com
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1983 |
Quizno's |
- |
Denver,
CO |
www.quiznos.com
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Papajohn's Pizza |
John
Schnatter |
IN |
www.papajohns.com
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Rubios |
Ralph
Rubio |
San
Diego, CA |
www.rubios.com
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Bruegger's Bagels |
- |
Burlington, VT |
www.brueggers.com
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Panda Express |
Andrew
Chemg |
- |
www.pandaexpress.com
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Hooters |
- |
Clearwater, FL |
www.hooters.com
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Miami Subs |
Gus
Boulis |
Key West,
FL |
www.miamisubs.com
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Chin Chin's |
Bob
Mandler |
West
Hollywood, CA |
www.chinchin.com
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Copelands New Orleans
Rest. |
Al
Copeland |
New
Orleans, LA |
www.copelands.net
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Blackjack Pizza |
Vince
Schmuhl |
Federal
Heights, CO |
www.blackjackpizza.com
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1984 |
Café Express |
Robert &
Mimi Del Grande |
Houston,
TX |
www.cafe-express.com
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Juan Pollo |
Amando
Parra |
- |
www.juanpollo.com
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Hooker Hamburgers |
John Jay
Hooker |
- |
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Papa Murphy's Pizza |
- |
Petaluma,
CA |
www.papamurphys.com
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American Café |
- |
Knoxville, TN |
www.americancafe.com
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Culver's |
Craig &
Lea & George & Ruth
Culver |
Sauk
City, WI |
www.culvers.com
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Starvin' Arvin's |
Arvan
Leany |
Grand
Junction, CO |
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YEAR |
EVENT |
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1980 |
El
pollo loco opened in US (Los
Angeles) 85 in Mexico |
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Ben
& Jerry's starts selling Ice
Cream to Groceries. |
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1981 |
CKE goes public (Carl’s Jr.) |
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Ben & Jerry's open first
franchise |
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1982 |
RJ
Reynolds get KFC in buy out of
Heublein Inc. |
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Applebee's sold to WR Grace & Co |
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Gladstone's 4-fish moves to new
location in Pacific Palisades |
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General Foods sells Burger Chef
to Hardee's. Many converted to
Hardee's |
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Ruby
Tuesday merges with Specialty
Restaurant Division of Morrison
Inc. |
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1983 |
Denny's Purchases El Pollo Loco |
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VICORP Restaurants purchases
Mrs. C's (Early 70's) /Poppin
Fresh Pies and started Bakers
Square |
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1984 |
Shultz pushes owners to open 2nd
Starbucks |
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Gladstone's is purchased by W.R.
Grace in 1985 |
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Carls Jr franchises for the
first time |
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Ben
& Jerry's Goes Public |
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Also at this time in
History |
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Other Brands: |
1980- Comp USA opens |
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1981- MTV launches
on cable television,
featuring music
videos. |
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1981-
Standard Brands
Company, owner of
Curtiss Candy
Company, was
acquired by Nabisco.
In the transition
they lost the
original recipes for
the Baby Ruth and
Butterfinger candy
bars. Nabisco had to
develop new recipes
that customers would
accept. |
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1981- IBM sells its
first personal
computer. |
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1983- Cabbage Patch
dolls become a
fanatically sought
item. |
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Other Things: |
1981- Dan Rather
succeeds Walter
Cronkite as
anchorman |
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1983- Cellular
phones make their
first U.S.
appearance in
Chicago. |
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