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Waffle House

Working under the enduring slogan of "Good Food Fast," the Norcross-based Waffle House restaurant chain celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2005. Since its inception, Waffle House, open twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week, has grown to become America's second-largest family-style restaurant (behind Denny's). Waffle House has served more than 2.5 billion customers. The Waffle House system includes more than 1,400 restaurants in 25 states; about 675 restaurants are operated by the company, and the remainder are franchises. In 2004 Waffle House reported $415 million in sales.

Established in 1955 in the Atlanta suburb of Avondale Estates, in DeKalb County, by neighbors Joe Rogers and Tom Forkner, Waffle House�...

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