Gino's!

[BernieP]

Hardee's was burger joint, Roy's was roast beef. Roy went head to head with Arby's.
Hardee's went head to head with ? everyone. Of course their burgers where charcoal broiled, not like Bugger King where they are flame broiled

 

[GURPS]

Double R Bar Burger and a Bacon Cheese Burger

and Pappy Parker's Fried Chicken - 2 Piece Dark Meat

 

[workerbee]

Papa Gino's, The best Pizza in New England (since Foodee's went out of business)

Sorry

Marriott bout RR and started converting locations into Hardee's ... 2 quarters later after staggering complaints and sales losses

Sudden Hardee's were turning int o Roy's

Several years later the Fuk Heads at Marriott Decide to get out of the FF Business and sells out ot McDonalds - Queue the End of Roy Rogers

Only to return some yrs later after having only survived at Travel Plaza's

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Rogers_Restaurants

Sorry Gurps, but you are about 90% wrong. Hardees purchased the Roy Roger locations and converted the company stores and some franchisees stores. Hardees then sold out to Star Burgers or something and tried to convert the Hardees restaurants to Star Burgers. Sales flopped and they renamed the concept Star Hardees and now I'm seeing straight up Hardees here in NC. Not sure when that happened. I was in charge of new construction and remodels of Roy Rogers at Marriott Corp in the 80s then part of the Travel Plaza team where you are correct, Roy Rogers was still part of that concept.

 

[mdff21]

Gino's is still around, one in Glen Burnie and one in Towson. They started in the Baltimore area as Gino Marchetti played for the Colts.

 

[GURPS]

Sorry Gurps, but you are about 90% wrong. Hardees purchased the Roy Roger locations and converted the company stores and some franchisees stores.

Yeah I fuked the all to hell and back .....

Hardees then sold out to Star Burgers or something and tried to convert the Hardees restaurants to Star Burgers.

I'm not sure who Star Burgers is a Chain NOT in MD ?


..... From The Wikipedia

• 1989: Marriott decides to get out of the fast-food business and sell its Roy Rogers, Howard Johnson's, Bob's Big Boy and other chains to concentrate on its fast-food operations catering to captive buyers at airports and along turnpikes.[43]
• 1990: A total of 648 Roy Rogers locations are in operation—primarily in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states.
• 1990: Marriott sells Roy Rogers to Hardee's, subsidiary of Imasco, for $365 million in its plan to exit the fast-food business.[44]
• 1990: Hardee's converts 220 Roy Rogers locations to Hardee's.
• 1992: Hardee's reconverts 220 former Roy Rogers locations back to Roy Rogers.[45]
• 1992: Jordan, McGrath, Case & Taylor Inc., a New York advertising agency, is hired to promote the Roy Rogers brand.[46]
• 1992: Ronald R. Powell, who ran Roy Rogers from 1985 to 1987 under Marriott, becomes President of Roy Rogers and is believed to have influenced Hardee's decision in dropping its conversion strategy and restoring the chain to its original identity.[47]
• 1994: Hardee's sells 84 company-owned Roy Rogers restaurants in the Philadelphia region to Boston Market for $22 million.[48]
• 1995: Hardee's sells 45 company-owned Roy Rogers restaurants in the New York region to Wendy's International Inc.[49]
• 1996: Hardee's sells 184 company-owned Roy Rogers restaurants in the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area to McDonald's for $74 million.[50]
• 1996: Only 13 Roy Rogers franchisees remain operating a total of about 152 units through the Northeast, including 48 units in highway travel plazas and 15 in New York City.[51]
• 1997: CKE Restaurants (Carl's Jr.) acquires Hardee's from Imasco. Imasco retains Roy Rogers trademark due to a franchisee lawsuit.
• 1997: The Riese family, now franchisees of 18 Roy Rogers restaurants, sues CKE Restaurants and Imasco for $10 million, claiming the Roy Rogers chain has been destroyed through "a series of marketing errors of epic proportions."[52]
• 1997: CKE enters into a management agreement for the six Roy Rogers restaurants currently operated by Hardee's. CKE also agrees to perform services relating to the continued franchise operations of the Roy Rogers restaurant chain for $1.5 million over three years.
• 2002: Imasco sells Roy Rogers trademark rights to Plamondon Enterprises, Inc. (Roy Rogers Franchise Co.).
• 2003: HMSHost (formerly Host Marriott Services) signs agreement to continue operating Roy Rogers in travel plazas.

 

[SandieGarry]

For old times sake, the wife and I drove to Towson to Gino's to get a Giant. For some reason, it didn't taste the way we remembered. It was still worth the trip.

 

[UglyBear]

I'm not sure who Star Burgers is a Chain NOT in MD ?

• 1997: CKE Restaurants (Carl's Jr.) acquires Hardee's from Imasco. Imasco retains Roy Rogers trademark due to a franchisee lawsuit.
• 1997: The Riese family, now franchisees of 18 Roy Rogers restaurants, sues CKE Restaurants and Imasco for $10 million, claiming the Roy Rogers chain has been destroyed through "a series of marketing errors of epic proportions."[52]
• 1997: CKE enters into a management agreement for the six Roy Rogers restaurants currently operated by Hardee's. CKE also agrees to perform

Yeah, it's a fastfood chain. Above McD's in quality, maybe slightly above Checkers? Hardee's is exactly same as Carl's Jr, except with a different name.
I grew up not here, and occasionally have cravings for Carl's Jr and Jack in the Box (another burger chain, a step above). Me and LW always stop at one when we see one on a road trip.

 

[stgislander]

Yeah, it's a fastfood chain. Above McD's in quality, maybe slightly above Checkers? Hardee's is exactly same as Carl's Jr, except with a different name.
I grew up not here, and occasionally have cravings for Carl's Jr and Jack in the Box (another burger chain, a step above). Me and LW always stop at one when we see one on a road trip.

Jack in the Box... what a menu they had.