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Best Fast Food Best Fast Food Restaurant Restaurant
Chains in the Chains in the WorldWorld
Created By:James ThomasCreated By:James Thomas
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