Category: Restaurant

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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Chili’s

About Chili’s Grill & Bar is an American casual dining restaurant chain headquartered at 3000 Olympus Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75019 — the corporate campus of its parent and operator, Brinker International, Inc. (NYSE: EAT). Chili’s is the flagship brand of Brinker International alongside Maggiano’s Little Italy. Founded in 1975 by Larry Lavine as a single converted postal station on Greenville Avenue in Dallas, Texas, Chili’s became the defining American casual dining experience of its era — known for its baby back ribs, fajitas, Presidente Margaritas, and neighborhood bar-and-grill atmosphere. Brinker International, named for company legend Norman Brinker who transformed the brand into a national chain after acquiring it in 1983, is a publicly traded Fortune 1000 company with no external

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Popeyes

About Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc. is an American multinational fast-food chain specializing in Southern-style fried chicken, founded in 1972 in New Orleans, Louisiana by Al Copeland. Its corporate operations are headquartered at 5707 Blue Lagoon Drive, Miami, Florida 33126 — the same Miami address shared with its parent company, Restaurant Brands International (RBI). Popeyes is not an independent company — it is a wholly owned brand subsidiary of Restaurant Brands International (NYSE: QSR / TSX: QSR), a Toronto-founded quick-service restaurant holding company that also owns Burger King, Tim Hortons, and Firehouse Subs. RBI acquired Popeyes for $1.8 billion in March 2017. Popeyes operates or franchises more than 3,700 locations across the United States and in 40+ countries globally. The vast

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