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Old-School Restaurant Chains That Are Attempting A Comeback By Brian Boone Aug. 14, 2025 3:40 pm EST

There are a lot of chain restaurants in the United States. Hundreds of them serve countless customers every day at their voluminous number of outlets. That makes for an overcrowded, highly competitive, and even cutthroat industry. How did the world of restaurants get so jam-packed with offerings of tasty and decadent treats from far too many options? Pioneering chains introduced Americans to new foods, cuisines, and flavors, which opened and thrived in the latter half of the 20th century. They were so important, not to mention lucrative and beloved, that they inspired other businesses to give fast food or casual dining a try, and they became so successful that they pushe

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