Big FAST-FOOD Chains That Went Out of business

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1) Chi-Chi's

The Chi-Chi restaurant chain was big business in the 1990s and it was first opened in 1975 in Minneapolis. It had a 2010 location after 20 years. 

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1) Chi-Chi's

But it started to see its downfall after a major food poisoning scandal and increased competition. It now has only a few locations overseas.

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2) Mr. Steak

The restaurant chain business was focused on serving dinner steak. It was first started in the 1960s. Also, it's prices were really the best at that time. 

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2) Mr. Steak

But then it start to see competition and also tried new things like chicken and fish. But it was on a downfall in 2009, it ultimately closed.

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3) Howard Johnson's

The restaurant chain is famous for its 28 flavors of ice cream and it peaked in the 1960s and 1970s. But later it started to see competition from other chains. 

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3) Howard Johnson's

Later it was sold to another group and then they sold to one and the group starts to close its chain and ultimately closed it all down. 

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4) Red Barn

The fast food chain came into the business in 1961 and is famous for its burgers. It started to have more and more franchises soon and had over 400+.

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4) Red Barn

Later, it was owned by another group and it start to see lesser progress. It had its last restaurant in 1988 and after that, it was no more. 

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5) Burger Chef

The brand came into the light first in 1957. It was the first to introduce kids' meals. It grew quickly in the 1960s and in the early 70s with more than 1000s+ franchises. 

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5) Burger Chef

But in the late 1970s, it starts to see a decline due to increasing competition. Later it lost its footprint after being sold off to another business. 

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