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Dutch Bros Coffee

About Dutch Bros Inc. is an American publicly traded drive-thru coffee chain officially headquartered at 1930 W Rio Salado Pkwy, Tempe, Arizona 85281 — at Liberty Center — after completing its headquarters relocation from Grants Pass, Oregon in June 2025, following over 33 years as an Oregon-based company. Dutch Bros was co-founded in 1992 by brothers Dane and Travis Boersma as a pushcart coffee operation in Grants Pass, Oregon — a small Rogue Valley town in southwestern Oregon — before growing into one of America’s most culturally distinctive and fastest-growing drive-thru coffee chains. The company is traded on NYSE under the ticker BROS, having gone public in September 2021. The Tempe relocation followed a gradual shift: Dutch Bros began moving

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Zaxby’s

About Zaxby’s is an American fast-casual restaurant chain specializing in chicken — operating under two primary corporate entities: Zaxby’s Holdings, L.L.C., headquartered at 1040 Founders Boulevard, Suite 100, Athens, Georgia 30606 (the founding city and home of the Holdings and parent corporate entity), and Zaxby’s Franchising LLC, with its primary operational and franchising headquarters at 2002 Summit Boulevard, Floor 12, Atlanta, Georgia 30319 (the active franchising and brand operations center). Zaxby’s was founded in 1990 in Athens, Georgia by Zach McLeroy and Tony Townley — originally as a single restaurant in Athens — and has grown into one of the most recognized fast-casual chicken chains in the American South and Southeast, serving signature Chicken Fingerz™, Zalads®, bone-in and boneless wings,

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Firehouse Subs

About Firehouse Restaurant Group, Inc. — doing business as Firehouse Subs — is an American fast-casual submarine sandwich chain headquartered at 4600 Touchton Road E., Building 100, Suite 300, Jacksonville, Florida 32246 — in the Deerwood North office park on Jacksonville’s southside — which became Firehouse Subs’ corporate home on April 1, 2025, following its relocation from its previous headquarters at 12735 Gran Bay Parkway, Suite 150, Jacksonville, FL 32258 (Flagler Center, about 10 miles south). Firehouse Subs was founded in 1994 in Jacksonville, Florida by Chris and Robin Sorensen — two brothers and former firefighters — and has grown from a single Jacksonville restaurant into a 1,000+ location fast-casual chain across the United States and internationally. In December 2021,

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Wendy’s

About The Wendy’s Company and its principal operating subsidiary Wendy’s International, LLC are headquartered at 1 Dave Thomas Boulevard, Dublin, Ohio 43017 — a Columbus suburb — where the company has maintained its corporate home since January 29, 2006, following relocation from the original Columbus, Ohio location where founder Dave Thomas opened the first Wendy’s restaurant on November 15, 1969. The Dublin campus’s address — One Dave Thomas Boulevard — was deliberately named in honor of the brand’s founder, and serves as both the operational headquarters for Wendy’s International (the franchise operating entity) and the corporate headquarters for The Wendy’s Company (the publicly traded holding company, NASDAQ: WEN), which consolidated all headquarters operations to Dublin on December 1, 2011 after

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Olive Garden

About Olive Garden is an American casual dining chain specializing in Italian-American cuisine, legally operated as GMRI Inc. and headquartered at 1000 Darden Center Drive, Orlando, Florida 32837. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: DRI), whose CEO is Rick Cardenas. With 900+ restaurants and over 100,000 team members, Olive Garden generates approximately $4.5B+ in annual sales. Quick Facts Founded 1982 (Orlando, FL) Industry  Casual dining — Italian-American cuisine Revenue  ~$4.5B+ annually Team Members 100,000+ Locations  900+ restaurants across the US HQ Address 1000 Darden Center Drive, Orlando, FL 32837 Mailing Address  P.O. Box 695017, Orlando, FL 32869 Parent Company  Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: DRI) Darden CEO Rick Cardenas Olive Garden President  John Wilkerson (as of

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Chipotle Mexican Grill

About Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE: CMG) is the world’s largest fast-casual restaurant chain, headquartered at 610 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1300, Newport Beach, California 92660 — in the Fashion Island area of Newport Beach in Orange County, Southern California. Chipotle was founded on July 13, 1993 by Steve Ells, who opened the first Chipotle restaurant near the University of Denver campus in Denver, Colorado, with a $75,000 loan from his father — aiming to prove that gourmet-quality burritos could be made quickly and affordably in a fast-food format. The chain grew steadily through the 1990s and early 2000s, with McDonald’s Corporation serving as a major investor from 1998 to 2006, before Chipotle went public in 2006 in one of

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Jimmy John’s Enterprises Inc.

About Jimmy John’s Enterprises, Inc. — formally Jimmy John’s Franchise, LLC — is an American sandwich restaurant chain headquartered at 2212 Fox Drive, Champaign, Illinois 61820, in the Illinois college town where founder Jimmy John Liautaud launched the business as a 19-year-old college student in 1983. Jimmy John opened his first location on January 13, 1983, in a converted garage space near the Eastern Illinois University campus in Charleston, Illinois, with a $35,000 loan from his father — a naval officer who offered the funding as an alternative to Jimmy John joining the military. The brand grew steadily through franchise expansion across the Midwest, building a devoted following for its “freaky fast” delivery promise — a marketing position that differentiated

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Red Robin

About Red Robin Gourmet Burgers and Brews — officially Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. — is an American casual dining restaurant chain headquartered at 6312 S. Fiddler’s Green Circle, Suite 200N, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 — at Tuscany Plaza in Greenwood Village, a premier suburban Denver office market just south of the Denver Tech Center (DTC) — which has been Red Robin’s corporate home since 2000. Red Robin was founded in September 1969 in Seattle, Washington as a small burger restaurant before expanding through franchising — the first franchised Red Robin opened in Yakima, Washington in 1979 — and relocating its corporate headquarters to the Denver metro area. Red Robin is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the ticker RRGB. In

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Wingstop Restaurants

About Wingstop Inc. (Nasdaq: WING) is a technology-forward chicken wing franchise headquartered at 2801 N. Central Expressway (One West Village) in Uptown Dallas, Texas — occupying 118,500 sq ft across the top four floors. Founded in 1994 in Garland, Texas, Wingstop relocated to this Uptown Dallas address in 2024 from its previous 78,000 sq ft owned building at 15505 Wright Brothers Drive in Addison — a move that was the second-largest office transaction in Dallas for that year. Approximately 98% of its 3,000+ global restaurants are franchise-owned by brand partners, with corporate serving exclusively as a franchisor and innovation system operator. President and CEO Michael Skipworth reported FY2025 total revenue of $696.9 million (up 11.4%) and system-wide sales of $5.3

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Bob Evans Restaurants

About Bob Evans Restaurants, LLC is an American family-style restaurant chain headquartered at 8111 Smith’s Mill Road, New Albany, Ohio 43054 — a suburban Columbus community that has been the company’s corporate home for decades — with a secondary/registered corporate address also cited at 5205 New Albany Road, New Albany, OH 43054. Bob Evans was founded in 1948 by Bob Evans (1918–2007) — originally as “The Sausage Shop” at 10854 OH-588 in Rio Grande, Ohio — before opening the first Bob Evans restaurant in 1962 and ultimately building one of the most recognized family-style restaurant chains in the American Midwest. The restaurant business was separated from Bob Evans Farms (food products) in 2017 and sold to Golden Gate Capital —

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