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| Type | Private |
| Founded | Charleston, WV in 1947 |
| Headquarters | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Key people | Alex Schoenbaum, Founder |
| Industry | Casual dining restaurant |
| Website | www.shoneys.com |
Shoney's is a restaurant chain, operating mostly in the Southern and Midwestern United States that once had a franchise with the Big Boy chain. The term privately held company refers to ownership of a business company in two different ways first referring to ownership by non-governmental organizations and second Charleston is the Capital of the US state of West Virginia. It is located at the confluence of the Elk and Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alex Schoenbam ( August 8, 1915 — December 6, 1996) was an American collegiate football player and Businessman in the For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" There are various types of Restaurants. Restaurants fall into several industry classification based upon menu style preparation methods and pricing A restaurant is a retail establishment that serves prepared Food to Customers. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Chain stores are Retail outlets that share a Brand and central management and usually have standardized business methods and practices The Southern United States &mdashcommonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South &mdashconstitutes a large distinctive The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Big Boy is a restaurant chain started in 1936 by Bob Wian in Glendale California, as Bob's Big Boy. It is named after Alex Schoenbaum, the owner of the original chain of Big Boy restaurants in the southeastern United States in the 1950s. Alex Schoenbam ( August 8, 1915 — December 6, 1996) was an American collegiate football player and Businessman in the The Southern United States &mdashcommonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South &mdashconstitutes a large distinctive The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive
Shoney's owned the Big Boy franchise in most Southeastern states. In other states, other chains owned the franchise and Shoney's expanded under the name "Shoney's Town and Country Restaurants" which were identical, except for the lack of the Big Boy iconography. Some Shoney's Big Boy restaurants were sold, such as one in Salem, Virginia, which was renamed Lendy's. Lendy's was a restaurant chain that was opened in Salem Virginia on November 2 1955 by Leonard Goldstein.
In 1984 a dispute arose among the several Big Boy franchise holders about this practice and as a result, Shoney's gave up its rights to the Big Boy name, thus Shoney's restaurants no longer have a statue of the Big Boy mascot in front of the store. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) The term mascot – defined as a term for any person animal or object thought to bring Luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common The restaurants were all simply renamed "Shoney's", the Big Boy sandwich was simply renamed the "double decker hamburger" and "Shoney Bear" was developed as a corporate mascot. A hamburger (or burger) is a Sandwich consisting of a cooked ground Meat Patty, usually Beef, placed in a sliced bun or between From this point, the company was effectively separate from Big Boy.
The company formerly operated the Captain D's fast food seafood chain. Captain D's is a US -based chain of Fast-food restaurants specializing in Seafood and Fish and chips. Fast food is the term given to food that can be prepared and served very quickly Seafood is any Sea Animal or Seaweed that is served as Food, or is suitable for eating particularly saltwater animals such
Formerly it operated a motel chain as "Shoney's Inn" (properties rebranded as Guesthouse International Inns), three casual dining chains, The Sailmaker, Pargo's and The Fifth Quarter, and fast-food chain Lee's Fried Chicken, now part of Mrs. Entering dictionaries after World War II, the word motel, a Portmanteau of motor and hotel or motorists' hotel, referred There are various types of Restaurants. Restaurants fall into several industry classification based upon menu style preparation methods and pricing Winner's. However, these assets have been sold in recent years with the majority being owned by ShoLodge, Inc. These motels began operating in 1976.
In 2000 the company went bankrupt and was acquired by a private investor group. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of an individual or organization to pay their Creditors Creditors may file a bankruptcy petition against Two years later, the Texas-based investment group Lone Star Funds purchased the chain. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. Lone Star Funds is a worldwide Private equity firm based in Dallas Texas, that specializes in purchasing distressed companies and assets often well-known consumer On January 1, 2007, Lone Star announced that the Shoney's chain — by now down to 282 restaurants, down from its peak of more than 1,000 in the 1990s — was being sold to David Davoudpour, founder and CEO of Atlanta, Georgia-based Royal Capital Corporation, the largest franchisee of Church's Chicken restaurants. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 A chief executive officer ( CEO) or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking corporate officer ( executive) or administrator Church's Chicken is a US chain of Fast food Restaurants specializing in Fried chicken. Davoudpour set up a new company, Shoney's North America Corporation, as a subsidiary of Royal; Davoudpour will serve as chairman and CEO. Lone Star had originally planned to sell the chain to Centrum Properties, a Brentwood, Tennessee investment group, but Centrum later sued to get out of the deal. Brentwood is a city in Williamson County, Tennessee, United States, and an affluent suburb of Nashville. [1]
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