List of restaurant chains

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jump to: navigation, search

The following is a list of restaurant chains.

[edit] International

Name	known for	Parent Company	First store location	founded	locations worldwide	employees	related restaurants
Arby's	roast beef sandwiches	Roark Capital Group (majority)	Boardman, Ohio	1964	3,688	26,788
Buffalo Wild Wings	wings	Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc.	Minneapolis, MN	1982	688	15,900
Burger King	burgers	Burger King Corporation	Miami, Florida	1954	12,100	35,065	Hungry Jack's
Carl's Jr.	burgers	CKE Restaurants	Anaheim, California	1956	1,170	20,521	Hardee's
Charley's Grilled Subs	sub sandwiches	Gosh Enterprises, Inc.	Columbus, Ohio	1986	359	15,380
Chili's	steaks,ribs	Brinker International	Dallas, Texas	1975	1,400	31,000	Romano's Macaroni Grill, On The Border Mexican Grill & Cantina, Maggiano's Little Italy
Chick-fil-A	Chicken Sandwich	Chick-fil-A, Inc.	Atlanta, GA	1967	1500	50,000	Truett's Grill, The Dwarf House
Chipotle Mexican Grill	burritos	Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.	Denver, CO	1993	900	17,198
Corner Bakery Cafe	pasta, sandwiches	Corner Bakery Cafe	Chicago, IL	1991	83	7,826	Panera Bread
Costa Coffee	Coffee	Whitbread	London, UK	1971	1,850 min
Délifrance	bakery	Grands Moulins de Paris
Denny's	family			1953	1,500
Dome	coffee	Dôme Coffees Australia Pty Ltd			45	29,063
Domino's Pizza	pizza	Domino's Pizza, Inc.	Ypsilanti, Michigan	1960	8,500	28,735
Gloria Jean's Coffees	coffee			1979	750	10,205
Hard Rock Cafe	theme dining	Seminole Tribe of Florida	London, England	1971	140	7,901
Hardee's	burgers	CKE Restaurants	Greenville, North Carolina	1960	1,917	25,700	Carl's Jr.
In-N-Out Burger	burgers		Baldwin Park, California	1948	248	11,308
Jack Astor's Bar & Grill	casual dining				24	2,519
Jack in the Box	burgers		San Diego, CA	1941	2,100	26,323	Qdoba Mexican Grill
Jollibee	burgers	Jollibee Foods Corporation	Quezon City, Philippines	1975	743	29,216	Chowking, Greenwich Pizza, Red Ribbon
The Keg	steak		Vancouver, Canada	1971		9,917
Kenny Rogers Roasters	chicken	Nathan's Famous, Inc.		1991		10,400	Nathan's Famous, Miami Subs Pizza and Grill, Arthur Treacher's
KFC	chicken	Yum! Brands	South Salt Lake, Utah	1952	13,266	43,682	A&W, Taco Bell, Long John Silver's, Pizza Hut
Little Caesars	pizza	Ilitch Holdings	Garden City, Michigan	1959	2,000	23,001
Loving Hut	vegan fast food		Taipei City, Taiwan	2000	125
Marrybrown	casual dining		Malaysia	1981	250	9,461
McDonald's	burgers	McDonald's Corporation	San Bernardino, California	1940	31,000	105,577
MOS Burger	burgers		Tokyo, Japan	1972		7,000
Nando's	chicken		Rosettenville, South Africa	1987		10,988
Old Country Buffet	varied	Buffets, Inc.	Richfield, MN	-	-	-
Olive Garden	Italian	Darden Restaurants	Orlando, Florida	1982	668	24,663	Bahama Breeze, The Capital Grille, Red Lobster, Seasons 52, LongHorn Steakhouse
Outback Steakhouse	Australian themed	OSI Restaurant Partners, Inc	Tampa, Florida	1988	900	24,005
Panera Bread	bakery,sandwiches		Kirkwood, MO	1993	1,272	20,427
Papa John's Pizza	pizza	Papa John's International	Louisville, Kentucky	1984	3,100	28,000
Perkins Restaurant & Bakery	casual dining	Perkins & Marie Callender's Inc.	Cincinnati, Ohio	1958	500
Pizza Express	Italian Dining	Gondola Group	London, UK	1965	386 approx.
Pizza Hut	pizza	Yum! Brands	Wichita, Kansas	1958	13,000	41,360	A&W, Taco Bell, Long John Silver's, Pizza Hut
Planet Hollywood	theme dining		New York, New York	1991		8,199
Pollo Campero	chicken		Guatemala	1971	350	6,346
Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits	chicken	AFC Enterprises	Arabi, Louisiana	1972	1,800	22,500
Quiznos	sub sandwiches	Quiznos LLC	Denver, Colorado	1978	5,000	24,053
Rainforest Cafe	theme restaurant	Landry's Restaurants	Bloomington, Minnesota	1994	35	22,000
Red Lobster	seafood	Darden Restaurants	Lakeland, Florida	1968	680	24,989	owned and operated by Darden Restaurants, Bill Darden, Olive Garden, Seasons 52, LongHorn Steakhouse
Sarku Japan	tempura		Boston, Massachusetts	1987	200	6,934
Secret Recipe			Malaysia	1997	100
Shakey's Pizza	pizza	Hunt International	Sacramento, California	1954	400	10,001
Shogun	Teppanyaki	??	Pasadena, California	1980	?	?
Sizzler	steaks	Sizzler Restaurants	Culver City, California	1958	270	9,951	Pat and Oscar's
Sonic Drive-In	burgers		Brunswick, Ohio	1953	3500	23,860
Starbucks	coffee	Starbucks	Seattle, Washington	1971	16,120	58,429	Seattle's Best Coffee
Steak 'n Shake	burgers, ice cream	The Steak 'n Shake Company	Normal, IL	1934	502	10,001
Subway	sub sandwiches	Doctor's Associates, Inc		1965	32,892	104,719	Sunset Boulevard
Swensen's	ice cream	International Franchise Corp	San Francisco, California	1948		20,630	Yogen Früz, I Can't Believe It's Yogurt (ICBY), Golden Swirl, Bresler's ice cream
Taco Bell	tacos	Yum! Brands	Downey, California	1962	5,800	41,367
Telepizza	pizza		Madrid, Spain	1988	1,150	9,555
Tim Horton's	doughnuts, coffee, sandwiches	Tim Hortons	Hamilton, Ontario	1964	3,627	100,000
T.G.I. Friday's	casual dining	Carlson Companies	New York, New York	1965	800	25,000
Tony Roma's	steaks		Miami, Florida	1972	260	10,466
Wendy's	burgers	Wendy's Company	Columbus, Ohio	1969	6,700	42,157
Yogen Früz	frozen yogurt	International Franchise Corp	Markham, Canada	1986	1,086	11,877
Yoshinoya	beef bowls		Tokyo, Japan	1899	1,300	9,248
Favorite Indian	Indian Cuisine		California, Hayward, San Ramon	1998