The company restored it using original blueprints for use as a private company museum. In 2007, Waffle House repurchased the original restaurant, which was sold by the chain in the early 1970s. was CEO and retired late 2013, and Bert Thornton is president. The founders limit their involvement in management, and as of 2013, Joe Rogers Jr. Forkner Realty.Īfter opening a fourth restaurant in 1960, the company began franchising its restaurants and slowly grew to 27 stores by the late 1960s, before growth accelerated. Shortly after Joe returned full-time, Tom followed suit and left Ben S. In 1960, when Rogers asked to buy into Toddle House, and they refused, he moved back to Atlanta and rejoined Waffle House, now a chain of three restaurants, to run restaurant operations. Rogers continued to work with Toddle House, and to avoid conflict of interest, sold his interest to Forkner in 1956. įorkner suggested naming the restaurant "Waffle House", as waffles were the most profitable item on the 16-item menu.
Rogers's concept was to combine the speed of fast food with table service with around-the-clock availability. The first Waffle House restaurant (now a museum), Avondale Estates, Georgia.
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