where did arby's get it's name
Arby's was founded in Boardman, Ohio, on July 23, 1964, by Forrest (1922 -- 2008) and Leroy Raffel, owners of a restaurant equipment business who thought there was a market opportunity for a fast food franchise based on a food other than hamburgers. The brothers wanted to call their restaurants "Big Tex", but that name was already used by an Akron business. Instead, they chose the name "Arby's," based on R.B., the initials of Raffel Brothers.