Arby's USA Including Alaska and Hawaii
Arbys Roast Beef Restaurants across the USA including Alaska and Hawaii...Arby's was founded by Forrest and Leroy Raffel in Ohio in 1964, who were determined to own a fast food franchise based on a food other than hamburgers. The brothers wanted to use the preferred name of "Big Tex", but that name was already being used by an Akron businessman. They eventually decided on the Arby's moniker, based on R.B., the initials of Raffel Brothers [1], thus Arby's, LLC, was born. By coincidence, R.B. can also be short for roast beef, the company's main product, a point which was used when the backronym "America's Roast Beef, Yes Sir" was used as an advertising campaign in the 1980s.
After a long interim between successes, Arby's capital had been quite diminished, so a completely new franchise system had to be devised. The Raffel brothers opened the first new restaurant in Boardman, Ohio (located just outside of Youngstown), on July 23, 1964, where they initially served only roast beef sandwiches, potato chips and drinks. A year later, the first Arby's licensee opened a restaurant in Akron, Ohio. The famous Arby's 'hat' was designed by the original signmakers, Peskin Sign Co (they continue to make signs for Triarc). Expansion to other states began in 1968. Triarc Companies, Inc., purchased Arby’s in 1993. As of 2006, there are over 3500 restaurants.
03/24/08 Removed duplicates and added one Florida location (Thanks to charlesd45)
04/19/2008 Removed all remaining duplicate entries.
04/21/2008 Corrected 3 Florida coordinates with help from POI member "Mahoney"
06/09/2008 Corrected coordinates on Kennesaw-GA location with help from POI member "Mahoney"
08/09/2008 Corrected coordinates on Easton, PA location.
08/22/2008 Removed Duncan, SC location due to closing. Thanks goes to "DogVomit"
08/25/2008 Added Marlborough,MA location. Thanks goes to "DCellBatteries"
08/26/2008 Corrected 2 NY locations. Thanks goes to "dhschneider"
09/03/2008 Deleted 1 Charlotte, NC location due to closing. Thanks goes to "jefferbob"
09/16/2008 Added 1 FL location, Thanks MrKenFL
10/06/2008 Corrected coordinates on Richmond Hill-GA location. Thanks "dhschneider "
11/10/2008 Added 20 new location in VA and TN. Corrected coordinates on Virginia Beach, VA location. Thanks "mahoney"
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