Food

Chester’s Hamburgers Corporate Office

Chester’s Hamburgers was founded in 1986 on Fredericksburg Road, San Antonio, Texas. The company wanted to create a fast food style restaurant that didn’t taste like fast food. The company makes all their food items from scratch each day. The hamburgers are always 1/3 of a pound, fresh, not frozen, and shakes are made from real ice cream.

What makes Chester’s Hamburgers different are the poppy seed hamburger buns, which are also baked from scratch. In addition to the usual hamburgers, fries, and shakes, the company offers chicken wings and salads. From one location, the company has grown to 4 restaurants, all in the greater San Antonio area.

The company was recently featured on many news programs in early September of 2016 due to an altercation between a racist white couple and a black teenage customer. Neither were employees of the restaurant chain.

Chester's Hamburgers

History

Harborwalk Scoops and Bites Ice Cream Corporate Office

Harborwalk Scoops and Bites was founded in 2010 by husband and wife team Ron and Claudia Thomas. The couple wanted a family ice cream shop that was fun and exciting. Ron Thomas enjoys creating ice cream flavors and giving them unique names, such as Caramoo Tracks and Monkey Business.

Unlike many ice cream shops, Harborwalk Scoops and Bites is open every day, except Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. In addition to handmade ice cream, the company offers a wide variety of old fashioned sodas that are rarely seen, such as Nehi’s, A&W Root Beer, and Sioux City Sarsparilla. The company has both indoor and outdoor seating available.

Harborwalk Scoops and Bites was recently named #1 Ice Cream Shop in the USA by TripAdvisor.Com.

Harborwalk Scoops and Bites

Harborwalk Scoops and Bites was recently named #1 Ice Cream Shop in the USA by TripAdvisor.Com.

History

Beacon Drive-In Corporate Office

The Beacon Drive-In was founded in Spartanburg, South Carolina, by John White. He wanted a restaurant that offered home cooked flavors, but with the convenience of drive-in service. Today, Beacon Drive-In is known as the restaurant that serves more Southern style sweet tea than any other restaurant in America.

In addition to the large red and white striped light house sign, the company is best known for its unique food, including a chili cheese hamburger that includes onion rings, French fries, and smothered in chili, The Pigs Dinner, and BBQ hash. The company still offers car side service, but no longer features waitresses on roller skates.

Spartanburg renamed the street that Beacon Drive-in is located on to honor the founder, John B. White, Sr. The restaurant was purchased by a group of 6 businessmen, including current CEO Steve Duncan, in 1998 from Mr. White when he retired.

Beacon Drive-In

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Randalls Food Market Corporate Office

Randalls Food Market was founded in 1966 by Robert Onstead, Norman Frewin, and R.C. Barclay. This group of businessmen purchased two older grocery stores that had closed for business. By the end of the 1970’s, the company had 15 locations and almost 10 percent of the Houston, Texas, area grocery market.

The company was acquired by Safeway, Inc., in 1999. All 116 stores retained the Randall name. The company operates as a subsidiary of Safeway. It’s parent company announced that they were revitalizing all Randalls stores with more “lifestyle” features, such as pharmacies, in store bakeries, film processing, eat in or take and bake pizzas and pasta dishes, to go salad bars, and full service bank branches.

While most grocery stores remained closed during hurricane Ike’s devastation in 2008, Randalls was one of the first to reopen. Even though the Galveston location received heavy water damage, the store reopened very quickly and offered basic supplies to residents, such as water and gasoline.

Randalls Food Market

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Sticky Fingers Ribhouse Corporate Office

Sticky Fingers Ribhouse, sometimes called Sticky Fingers Smokehouse, was founded in 1992 by three high school friends. The first location was in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. The company is a chain of BBQ restaurants serving Memphis, Tennessee, style BBQ meats.

The company moved headquarters in September of 2010. Sticky Fingers LLC is a new entity, formed to acquire 16 locations. Today, the company has locations in 5 Southern states. Ken’s Foods owns the rights to the marketing name. In addition to the restaurants, the company sells T-shirts, cups, mugs, and baseball hats with the company logo. The BBQ sauce itself is also sold in the restaurants and in retail locations, such as supermarkets.

Sticky Fingers specializes in Memphis style BBQ ribs, with 6 different flavors and smoking techniques. Smoking is done at each location and is not merely a flavoring additive.

Sticky Fingers Ribhouse

Sticky Fingers specializes in Memphis style BBQ ribs, with 6 different flavors and smoking techniques. Smoking is done at each location and is not merely a flavoring additive.