Can you guess the American restaurant chain which has been in business the longest?
I did not get it right. I didn’t know the oldest chain was that old.
The top six were started before 1950:
1. , est 1919
2. White Castle, est 1921
3. DQ, est 1940
4. McDonald’s, est 1948
4. Dunkin’, est 1948
4. In-N-Out, est 1948
From the comments section:
But White Castle is credited with being the first chain. A&W was not A&W until 1923. The “A” part did have a root beer stand in 1919, but it was not A&W.
White Castle was founded as White Castle in 1921. But even there, one of the owners ran a series of eateries prior to forming White Castle and those go back to 1916.
So White Castle wins either way.
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