Who founded the third largest take-out and pizza delivery restaurant chain in the United States?
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John Schnatter John H. Schnatter (born November 22, 1961) is an American entrepreneur and the founder, CEO, and spokesman of Papa John's International, Inc.
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Papa John's Pizza Papa John's Pizza is an American restaurant franchise company. It runs the third largest take-out and pizza delivery restaurant chain in the United States, with headquarters in Jeffersontown, Kentucky, a suburb of Louisville.
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John W. Tyson John W. Tyson (1905-1967) was an American businessman, the founder of American multinational corporation Tyson Foods and, from 1935 until his death in 1967, its Chief Executive Officer.
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EVOS (restaurant) EVOS Food Creations, Inc. (styled ēvōs) is a chain of franchised fast food restaurants founded in Tampa, Florida. The company operates 3 locations in Florida. The name "EVOS" derives from the word, "evolve".
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Bob Payton Robert Michael Payton (25 May 1944 13 July 1994) was an American marketing man, restaurateur and hotelier. He is known for starting a chain of American-style restaurants in London in the 1970s, starting with The Chicago Pizza Pie Factory.
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California Pizza Kitchen California Pizza Kitchen, known within the food industry as CPK, is a polished casual dining restaurant chain that specializes in California-style pizza. The restaurant was started in 1985 by attorneys Rick Rosenfield and Larry Flax in Beverly Hills, California, United States.
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Soul Daddy Soul Daddy was an American fast casual restaurant founded by Jamawn Woods, featuring soul food that is both traditional and healthy. As a contestant on the reality television show "America's Next Great Restaurant", which aired in 2011, he created the concept for Soul Daddy (originally conceived of as W3, or Woods' Wings & Waffles), and was named the winner in the show's first season finale on May 1, 2011. The restaurant chain opened on May 2, 2011, at three locations: at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, at Hollywood and Highland in Los Angeles, and at the South Street Seaport in Manhattan at 189 Front Street. The Manhattan and Los Angeles locations closed on June 14 and 15, 2011 in order for Woods to focus on making the Mall of America location successful, only for that location to close two weeks later on June 28.
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Bob Stiller Robert P. Stiller is an American billionaire who founded the Keurig Green Mountain coffee company in 1993. He graduated from New York Military Academy and Parsons College. In 2001, he was named Forbes's first "Entrepreneur of the Year" and one of Investors Business Daily's "Top 10 leaders and successful CEOs".
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Stuart C. Davidson Stuart C. Davidson (September 9, 1922 – August 1, 2001) was an American businessman known for being the founder of the Clyde's of Georgetown restaurant in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. and the Clyde's Restaurant Group which owns and operates 14 restaurants in the Washington Metropolitan Area.
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Gerry Ford (businessman) Gerry Ford (born 4 November 1957) is an American businessman, founder and Chief Executive of Caffè Nero. It is the UK's third-largest coffee chain.
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Toppers Pizza (American restaurant) Toppers Pizza is a chain of pizzerias in the United States. The chain was founded by Scott Gittrich in 1991 in Champaign, Illinois, but the original location closed in the mid-1990s. The first Toppers Pizza location in Wisconsin opened in Whitewater in 1993. The company is headquartered in Whitewater, Wisconsin. The first official franchise store opened in Eau Claire, WI in 1997.
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Roy Rogers Restaurants Roy Rogers Franchise Company, LLC is a Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States chain of fast food restaurants founded by the Marriott Corporation in 1968 in Falls Church, Virginia. As of October 2016, Roy Rogers has 54 stores: 24 corporate and 30 franchised. In 2002, the Plamondon Companies purchased the trademark from Imasco, the former parent of Hardee's. Under the new owners the company is headquartered in Frederick, Maryland.
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Leeann Chin (restaurateur) Leeann Chin (February 13, 1933 – March 10, 2010) was a Chinese-born American restaurateur, entrepreneur and businesswoman who founded the Leeann Chin restaurant chain in the Minneapolis metropolitan area, which features her name, in 1980.
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Michael Kahn (businessman) Michael A. Kahn is an American businessman based in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is the founder and CEO of Kahn Ventures, Inc., which operates the 15th largest beer and wine distribution in the United States.
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J.G. Melon J.G. Melon is a popular American restaurant established in 1972. It is located at 1291 Third Avenue (on the northeast corner of East 74th Street), on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It is known for its hamburgers.
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Capriotti's Capriotti's is a Las Vegas-based fast casual restaurant chain located in the United States. The restaurant chain was founded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1976. Capriotti's has 106 company-owned and franchise locations in 16 states, including the District of Columbia.
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Home Run Inn Home Run Inn is a restaurant chain known for their Chicago-style pizza as well as frozen pizzas. Home Run Inn is headquartered in Woodridge, Illinois of the United States.
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Fellini's Pizza Fellini's Pizza is an Italian restaurant founded in Atlanta on May 5, 1982 by Clay Harper of the Coolies. It has 7 locations and is known for its Atlanta style pizza. Its first location was opened near Little Five Points. It was voted the best pizza restaurant in Atlanta in 2013 by the Emory Wheel.
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Dickey's Barbecue Pit Dickey’s Barbecue Pit is a family-owned American barbecue restaurant chain based in Dallas, Texas. Travis Dickey established the restaurant in 1941. The restaurant is the largest barbecue franchise in the United States.
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Huey's Huey's is a chain of restaurants and bars located in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 1970 by Alan Gary, it has been voted "Best Burger" by "Memphis Magazine" every year since 1984. Huey's has also been voted "Best Pub Grub" and "Best Beer Selection" in Memphis Magazine's Readers Restaurant Poll. Famous for its "Huey Burger," the chain operates 7 locations spread across the city. After being founded by Alan Gary in 1970 as an attempt to "create a bar that was fun and unique," Huey's was purchased by Thomas Boggs in 1976. The company now operates under the corporate body Uncle Donald's Restaurant LLC, which is still run by the Boggs family.
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Publix Publix Super Markets, Inc., commonly known as Publix, is an employee-owned, American supermarket chain headquartered in Lakeland, Florida. Founded in 1930 by George W. Jenkins, Publix is a private corporation that is wholly owned by present and past employees. It is considered the largest employee owned company in the world. Publix operates throughout the Southeastern United States, with locations in Florida (776), Georgia (185), Alabama (65), South Carolina (58), Tennessee (41), North Carolina (25), and Virginia (4).
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Leo Kahn (entrepreneur) Leo Kahn (December 31, 1916 – May 11, 2011) was an American reporter and businessman. He is credited as the co-founder of Staples Inc. Kahn is also considered a pioneer of the natural and health food supermarket industry, founding the Fresh Fields and Nature's Heartland chains, which are now part of Whole Foods Market.