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By 1976 the company had 5 restaurants and a band called Fresh Lettuce. [4] The partners continued expanding the company's network of restaurants. By the mid-1980s, the company employed over 2,000 people and had annual revenues of $40 million. [4] Since its founding the company has opened 130 restaurants, with 70 concepts. [5]
Gurnee Mills is a shopping mall and outlet mall in Gurnee, Illinois, within the Chicago metropolitan area. Like the nearby Six Flags Great America and Great Wolf Lodge , the mall's placement in Gurnee is intended to bring customers from both Chicago and Milwaukee, Wisconsin .
In 1973, Wurlitzer sold its jukebox brand to a German company and closed the North Tonawanda factory. The former Wurlitzer complex today hosts a business park, contractors' supply store, storage, offices, restaurants and a Platter's Chocolate factory. Piano and organ manufacturing continued in Mississippi and Arkansas factories for several years.
The Chocolate Factory, a sub sandwich and ice cream Wisconsin chain, announced it will open in downtown Menomonee Falls at the bottom of a mixed-use building on the RiverWalk by Mill Pond Plaza at ...
Portillo's Restaurant Group, Inc. [4] is an American fast casual restaurant chain based in the Chicago area that specializes in serving Chicago-style food such as hot dogs, Maxwell Street Polish, and Italian beef. The company was founded by Dick Portillo on April 9, 1963, in Villa Park, Illinois, under the name "The Dog House".
Blommer Chocolate was founded in 1939 by the brothers, Henry, Al, and Bernard in Chicago. [4] The family (pronounced "Blummer") [citation needed] has roots in the confectionary, farming and ice cream business. In 1948, the company acquired Bishop chocolate in Los Angeles and Boldeman Chocolate in San Francisco in 1951.
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The Baby Ruth / Butterfinger factory, built in the 1960s, is located at 3401 Mt. Prospect Rd. in Franklin Park, Illinois. Interstate 294 curves eastward around the plant, where a prominent, rotating sign, resembling a giant candy bar, is visible. It originally read "Curtiss Baby Ruth" on one side and "Curtiss Butterfinger" on the other.