Cook Out (restaurant)

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Cook Out
Type Sole Ownership
Industry Food
Founded 1989
Headquarters Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
Area served North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia[1][2]
Key people Morris Reaves (Owner), Jeremy Reaves (CEO)
Products Fast food

Cook Out is a fast food privately owned restaurant chain in North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Virginia. Founded in Greensboro, the chain has since expanded throughout the state and now has drive-thru restaurants in over seventy cities. Most locations consist of a double drive-thru and outdoor seating. The chain itself has grown in size with many locations now spread throughout Virginia. [3]

Cook Out was created by Morris Reaves.[4] He is currently the owner of the company, with his son Jeremy Reaves serving as CEO. As of December 2012 there are 101 locations. The original Cook-Out opened on Randleman Road in Greensboro, North Carolina.

The restaurant specializes in grilled hamburgers and hotdogs (cook-out style), chicken sandwiches, North Carolina barbecue, and milkshakes with a multitude of flavors.


The company headquarters location is in Thomasville, North Carolina. Contact number is (336)431-1094.

The company opened its first out-of-state store in Spartanburg, South Carolina, on July 30, 2010.[5] Cook Out opened in Clemson and Orangeburg, South Carolina, in 2010. Plans are in the works for more expansion in South Carolina and Virginia.[6] At the very end of 2011, Cook Out opened restaurants in Columbia, South Carolina; Blacksburg, Virginia; and Radford, Virginia. In March 2012, Cook Out opened its first location in Lynchburg, VA. And shortly thereafter in Harrisonburg, VA.[7]

On May 18, 2012, Cook Out celebrated the grand opening of its 100th store in Florence, SC.


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