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1.McDonald's1.McDonald'sThe McDonald's Corporation is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, serving around 68 million customers daily in 119 countries across 35,000

outlets.

Founder:Ray Kroc

Founded:1948,San Bernardino, California, United States

Headquarters: Oak Brook,IL,United States of America

CEO:Donald Thompson

2.SubwaySubway is an American fast food restaurant

franchise that primarily sells submarine sandwiches and salads. It is owned and operated by Doctor's

Associates, Inc.

CEO: Fred DeLuca

Founders: Peter Buck, Fred DeLuca

Founded: August 28, 1965, Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States

3.Starbucks Coffee3.Starbucks CoffeeStarbucks Corporation,doing business as

Starbucks Coffee, is an American global coffee company and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle,

Washington.

CEO: Howard Schultz

Founded: March 30, 1971, Pike Place Market, Seattle, Washington, United States

Headquarters: Seattle, WA, United States of America

Founders: Gordon Bowker, Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl

4.Burger King4.Burger KingBurger King, often abbreviated as BK, is a global chain of hamburger fast food restaurants headquartered in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida, United

States.

CEO: Daniel S. Schwartz

Founded: 1954, Miami, Florida, United States

Founders: David Edgerton, James McLamore

5.Wendy's 5.Wendy's Wendy's is an American international fast food chain

restaurant founded by Dave Thomas on November 15, 1969, in Columbus, Ohio, United States. The company

moved its headquarters to Dublin, Ohio, on January 29, 2006.

Founded: 1969

Founders: John T. Schuessler, Dave Thomas

CEO:Roland C. Smith

6.Taco Bell6.Taco BellTaco Bell is an American chain of fast-food restaurants

based in Irvine, California. A subsidiary of Yum!

Founder: Glen Bell

Founded: March 21, 1962, Downey, California, United States

CEO: Brian Niccol

7.Dunkin' Donuts7.Dunkin' DonutsDunkin' Donuts is an American global doughnut

company and coffeehouse chain based in Canton, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1950 by William

Rosenberg in Quincy, Massachusetts.

CEO: Nigel Travis

Founder: William Rosenberg

Founded: 1950, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States

8.Pizza Hut8.Pizza HutPizza Hut is an American restaurant chain and

international franchise, known for pizza and side dishes, it is now corporately known as Pizza Hut, Inc. and is a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc., the world's largest

restaurant company.

Founded: June 15, 1958, Wichita, Kansas, United States

CEO: Scott Bergren

Founders: Dan Carney, Frank Carney

9.KFC9.KFCKFC is a fast food restaurant chain that specializes in

fried chicken and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, in the United States.

Founder:Colonel Sanders

Founded: 1930,North Corbin, Kentucky, United States

CEO:Muktesh Pant

10.Applebee's Neighborhood Grill &Bar10.Applebee's Neighborhood Grill &BarApplebee’s International, Inc., is an American

company which develops, franchises, and operates the Applebee's Neighborhood Grill and Bar

restaurant chain.

Founded:1980,Decatur, Georgia, United States

Founders:TJ Palmer,Bill Palmer

11.Chick-fil-A11.Chick-fil-A

Chick-fil-A is an American fast food restaurant chain headquartered in the Atlanta suburb of College Park,

Georgia, specializing in chicken sandwiches.

Founder:S. Truett Cathy

Founded:1946,Hapeville, Georgia, United States

CEO:Dan T. Cathy

12.Sonic, America's Drive-In12.Sonic, America's Drive-InSonic Corp. is an American drive-in fast-food restaurant chain based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. As of August 31,2011, there were 3,561 restaurants in 43 U.S. states,

serving approximately 3 million customers per day.

Founded:Shawnee, Oklahoma(1953)

Founder:Troy Smith

Headquarters:Oklahoma City,Oklahoma, United States

13.Olive Garden13.Olive GardenOlive Garden is an American casual dining restaurant chain specializing in Italian-American cuisine. It is a

subsidiary of Darden Restaurants, Inc., which is headquartered in unincorporated Orange County,

Florida, near Orlando.

Founder: Curtis Dayton

Founded: 1982, Orlando, Florida, United States

14.Chili's Grill & Bar14.Chili's Grill & Bar Chili's Grill & Bar is an international casual dining

restaurant chain that features Tex-Mex-style cuisine. The company was founded by Larry Levine in Texas in 1975

and is currently owned and operated by Brinker International.

Founded:March 13,1975

Founder:Larry Lavine

Headquarters:6820 LBJ FreewayDallas, Texas,U.S.

15.Domino's Pizza Domino's is an American restaurant chain and

international franchise pizza delivery corporation headquartered at the Domino Farms Office Park in Ann Arbor Charter Township, Michigan, United States, near

Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Founder:Tom Monaghan

Founded:June 10,1960,Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States

CEO:J. Patrick Doyle

16.Panera BreadPanera Bread is a chain of bakery-café fast casual restaurants in the United States and Canada. Its

headquarters are in Sunset Hills, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, and operates as Saint Louis Bread Company in

the St. Louis metropolitan area.

Founded:Kirkwood,Missouri (1981)

Founder:Louis Kane Ken Rosenthal Ronald M. Shaich

17.Jack in the Box17.Jack in the BoxJack in the Box is an American fast-food restaurant

founded in 1951 by Robert O. Peterson in San Diego, California, where it is still headquartered today.

CEO: Leonard A. Comma

Founder: Robert O. Peterson

Founded: 1951, San Diego, California

18.Arby's18.Arby'sArby's Restaurant Group, Inc. is the second largest quick-service sandwich chain in the U.S. with more than 3,400

restaurants system wide.

Founded:July 23,1964,Youngstown, Ohio, United States

CEO:Paul Brown

Founders:Leroy Raffel,Forrest Raffel

19.Dairy Queen19.Dairy QueenDairy Queen, often abbreviated DQ, is a chain of soft

serve and fast food restaurants owned by International Dairy Queen, Inc, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway. It

also owns Orange Julius and Karmelkorn.

CEO:John Gainor

Founder:John Fremont McCullough

Founded:June 22,1940,Joliet, Illinois, United States

20.Red Lobster20.Red LobsterRed Lobster is an American casual dining restaurant chain that is headquartered in Orlando, Florida. The

company has operations in Canada, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Japan, in addition to

the United States.

Founded: March 1968,Lakeland, Florida, United States

CEO:Kim A Lopdrup

Founders:Charley Woodsby, Bill Darden

21.IHOP21.IHOP

IHOP is a United States–based restaurant chain that IHOP is a United States–based restaurant chain that specializes in breakfast foods. It is owned by DineEquity, specializes in breakfast foods. It is owned by DineEquity,

with 99% of the restaurants run by independent with 99% of the restaurants run by independent franchisees.franchisees.

Founded:1958

Founders:Al Lapin,Jerry Lapin

22.Denny's

Denny's is a full-service pancake house/coffee shop/fast casual family restaurant chain. It operates over 1,600 restaurants in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada,

Dominican Republic, El Salvador.

Founder:Harold Butler

Founded:1953,Lakewood, California, United States

CEO:John C. Miller

23.Outback Steakhouse23.Outback Steakhouse

Outback Steakhouse is an Australian-themed American casual dining restaurant chain based in Tampa, Florida

with over 1200 locations in 23 countries throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Founder: Chris T. Sullivan

Founded: February 1988, Tampa, Florida, United States

24.Chipotle Mexican Grill/Chipotle24.Chipotle Mexican Grill/Chipotle Chipotle Mexican Grill,Inc.is a chain of restaurants in the

United States, United Kingdom,Canada,Germany,and France,specializing in burritos and tacos. Its name derives

from chipotle, the Mexican Spanish name for a smoked and dried jalapeño chili pepper.

Founded:July 13, 1993

Founder:Steve Ells

Headquarters:Denver,Colorado,U.S.

25.Papa John's Pizza25.Papa John's PizzaPapa John's Pizza is an American restaurant company

and is the fourth largest take-out and pizza delivery restaurant chain in the United States with headquarters in

Jeffersontown, Kentucky, a suburb of Louisville.

Founder: John Schnatter

Founded: October 2, 1984

CEO: John Schnatter

26.Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar26.Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & BarBuffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar is an American casual

dining restaurant and sports bar franchise in the United States, Canada and México that is known for its Buffalo

wings and sauces. The restaurant's current tagline is “Wings. Beer. Sports.”.

Founder:James Disbrow

Founded:1982,Columbus, Ohio, United States

CEO:Sally J. Smith

27.Cracker Barrel Old Country Store27.Cracker Barrel Old Country Store

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. is an American chain of combined restaurant and gift stores with a

Southern country theme.

Founder: Dan Evins

Founded:September 19,1969Lebanon, Tennessee, United States

CEO: Sandra B. Cochran

28.Hardee's28.Hardee'sHardee's Food Systems,Inc.,is an American fast-food restaurant chain, which predominantly operates in the

Southern and Midwestern states. It has evolved through several corporate ownerships since its establishment in

1960.

Founder:Wilbur Hardee

Founded:1960,Greenville, North Carolina, United States

CEO:Andrew Puzder

29.T.G.I. Friday's29.T.G.I. Friday's

TGI Friday's is an American restaurant chain focusing on casual dining. The company is a unit of the Sentinel

Capital Partners and TriArtisan Capital Partners, who purchased the company from Carlson Companies in May

2014.

CEO:Nicholas Paul Shepherd

Founder:Alan Stillman

Founded:1965,New York City, New York, United States

30.7-Eleven30.7-Eleven7-Eleven or 7-11 is an international chain of convenience stores that operate primarily as a franchise. 7-Eleven Inc.

is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and its parent company, Seven-Eleven Japan Co. Ltd., is located in Tokyo, Japan.

CEO: Joseph DePinto

Founder: Joe C. Thompson

Founded: 1927

31.31.Popeyes Louisiana KitchenPopeyes Louisiana KitchenPopeyes Louisiana Kitchen is an American chain of fried

chicken fast food restaurants founded in 1972 in New Orleans,Louisiana.

Founder:Al Copeland

Founded:1972

32.Golden Corral32.Golden CorralGolden Corral is an American family-style restaurant

chain serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, and featuring a large buffet and grill offering numerous hot and cold dishes, a carving station and their Brass Bell Bakery.

Founded:January 3,1973

CEO:Ted M. Fowler Jr.

Founders:William F. Carl,James Maynard

33.The Cheesecake Factory33.The Cheesecake FactoryDavid M. Overton,the company's founder,opened the first Cheesecake Factory restaurant in Beverly Hills, California

,in 1978.The restaurant established the future chain's pattern of offering an eclectic menu,big portions,and

signature cheesecakes.

Founded:1978

Founder:Evelyn Overton,Oscar Overton,David Overton

Headquarters:Calabasas Hills,California,U.S.

34.Panda Express34.Panda ExpressPanda Express is a fast casual restaurant chain,serving

American-Chinese cuisine.It operates mainly in the United States,with smaller units frequently found in:casinos,

shopping malls,toll plazas.

Founded:1983,California, United States

CEO:Peggy Cherng

Founders:Peggy Cherng,Ming Tsai Cherng, Andrew Cherng

35.Disney theme parks, hotels & resorts35.Disney theme parks, hotels & resorts

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, also known as Disney Parks, is one of The Walt Disney Company's five major

business segments.

Industry:Theme parks

Founded:1971

Headquarters:Burbank,California,U.S.A

36.Little Caesars Pizza36.Little Caesars PizzaLittle Caesars is the third largest pizza chain in the United States. The Little Caesars headquarters is located in the

Fox Theatre building in Downtown Detroit, Michigan.

CEO:David Scrivano

Founders:Mike Ilitch,Marian Ilitch

Founded:May 8,1959,Garden City, Michigan, United States

37.Carl's Jr.37.Carl's Jr.Carl's Jr.,an American-based fast-food restaurant chain

operating in the Western and Southwestern states.

Founder:Carl Karcher

CEO:Andrew Puzder

Founded:July 17,1941,Los Angeles, California, United States

38.RubyTuesday38.RubyTuesday

Ruby Tuesday Inc. is an American multinational foodservice retailer that owns, operates, and franchises Ruby Tuesday restaurants. The concept was started in

1972 by Samuel E. Beall, III.

Headquarters:Maryville,TN,United States of America

Founded:1972

CEO:Samuel E Beall III

39.Texas Roadhouse39.Texas RoadhouseTexas Roadhouse is an American chain restaurant that specializes in steaks and promotes a Western theme.

Texas Roadhouse Corporation is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky. The chain operates about 400

locations in 46 states.

Founder:Wayne Kent Taylor

CEO:Wayne Kent Taylor

Founded:February 17,1993, Green Tree Mall, Clarksville, Indiana, United States

40.Whataburger

Whataburger is a privately held, American regional fast food restaurant chain, based in San Antonio, Texas, that

specializes in hamburgers.

Founded: 1950, Corpus Christi, Texas, United States

CEO: Preston Atkinson

Founders: Harmon Dobson, Paul Burton

41.Marriott Hotels & Resorts Hotel41.Marriott Hotels & Resorts HotelMarriott Hotels & Resorts is Marriott International's flagship brand of full-service hotels and resorts. The

company, based in Washington D.C., is repeatedly included on the Forbes Best Companies to Work for list, and was voted the fourth best company to work for in the UK by The Times in 2009.The Washington Marriott,located

in the West End neighborhood of Washington, D.C

Industry:Hotel

Founded:1957

Founder:J. Willard Marriott

42.Red Robin Gourmet Burgers & Spirits42.Red Robin Gourmet Burgers & SpiritsRed Robin Gourmet Burgers or simply Red Robin is a chain of casual dining restaurants founded in 1969 in

Seattle, Washington, and now headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado.

Industry:Restaurant

Founded:1969 Seattle, Washington,

Headquarters:Greenwood Village, Colorado

43.Hilton Hotels43.Hilton HotelsHilton Hotels & Resorts is an international chain of full

service hotels and resorts and the flagship brand of Hilton Worldwide. The original company was founded by Conrad

Hilton.

Founded:1919

Founders:Conrad Hilton, Barron Hilton

44.LongHorn Steakhouse44.LongHorn SteakhouseLongHorn Steakhouse is an American casual dining

restaurant chain that is owned and operated by Darden Restaurants, Inc., headquartered in Orlando, Florida. As of

Feb 22, 2013, LongHorn Steakhouse operated over 370 restaurants in 35 states.

Founded:1981,Atlanta, Georgia, United States

45.Jimmy John's45.Jimmy John's

Jimmy John's Franchise, LLC is a franchised sandwich restaurant chain, specializing in delivery, founded by Jimmy John Liautaud in 1983 and headquartered in

Champaign, Illinois, United States.

CEO:Jimmy John Liautaud

Founder:Jimmy John Liautaud

Founded:1983,Charleston, Illinois, United States

Headquarters:Champaign,IL,United States of America

46.Waffle House46.Waffle HouseWaffle House, Inc., is a restaurant chain with more than 2,100 locations in 25 states in the United States. Most of the locations are in the South, where the chain remains

as a regional cultural icon.

Founder:Joe Rogers

CEO:Joe W. Rogers Jr.

Headquarters:Norcross,GA,United States of America

Founded:1955,Avondale Estates, Georgia, United States

47.Bob Evans Restaurants47.Bob Evans RestaurantsBob Evans Farms, Inc. is a food service, processing, and retail company based in the Columbus, Ohio suburb of

New Albany. The company is named after its founder, Bob Evans. It operates Bob Evans Restaurants.

Headquarters:New Albany,OH,United States of America

Founded:1946,Rio Grande, Ohio, United States

48.Five Guys Burgers and Fries48.Five Guys Burgers and FriesFive Guys is a fast casual restaurant chain focused on

hamburgers, hot dogs, and French fries, with its headquarters in the Lorton community in unincorporated

Fairfax County, Virginia.

CEO:Jerry Murrell

Founder:Jerry Murrell

Founded:1986,Arlington County, Virginia, United States

49.P.F. Chang's China Bistro49.P.F. Chang's China BistroP. F. Chang's is an Asian-themed US casual dining

restaurant chain owned and operated by Centerbridge Partners and headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona. As of

October 2014, P. F.

CEO:Richard L Federico

Founders: Philip Chiang,Paul Fleming

Founded:1993,Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Headquarters:Scottsdale,AZ,United States of America

50.Sheraton Hotels50.Sheraton HotelsSheraton Hotels and Resorts is

Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide's largest and second oldest brand (Westin being the oldest).

Industry:Hospitality,hotels,tourism

Founded:1937 in Springfield, Massachusetts

Founder:Ernest Henderson Robert Moore