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Jeff Sinelli purchased Genghis Khan’s Mongolian Feast, a Dallas restaurant, and transformed it into Genghis Grill, Americanizing the Mongolian barbecue menu. The company began franchising in 2001.

Nicola J. Lanni opened the first Great Steak & Potato Co. store in Dayton, Ohio, in 1982. The stores’ menus include Philadelphia Cheesesteak sandwiches, fresh-cut French fries, chicken and baked Idaho potatoes. The signature cheesesteak sandwich is prepared with grilled USDA choice sirloin steak and onions, melted Provolone cheese, mayonnaise, lettuce and tomato on a [...]

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Hardee’s, home of the “Thickburger,” was started by Wilber Hardee in Greenville, North Carolina in 1960. Five months later he began franchising, and the chain continued to grow from there. Hardee’s restaurants, which primarily serve biscuits, burgers, chicken, and milkshakes, have since spread throughout the Midwest and Southeast, and now have over 1,900 locations in [...]

Denny’s is the largest full-service family restaurant in the US. It began in 1953 when Harold Butler opened Danny’s Donuts in Lakewood, California. By 1959, there were already 20 more locations, and the company shortened the name to Denny’s. In 1966, the company went public, and in 1977, they introduced their signature “Gland Slam” breakfast. [...]

Subway is the largest submarine sandwich chain in the world, with 30,000 restaurants in 87 countries, and more locations in the US and Canada than even McDonald’s. It started in 1965 when 17-year-old Fred DeLuca and his family friend, Peter Buck, opened Pete’s Super Submarines in Bridgeport, Connecticut. With a loan from Buck for only [...]