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''Rax'' is a small fast food restaurant chain whose core offerings are Roast Beef sandwiches. Rax competes mainly with Arby's , another roast beef chain. HISTORY AND OPERATIONS Rax was founded as the Restaurant Administration Corporation (RAC) by J. Patrick Ross in 1962 with a lone Burger Chef in Wheeling, West Virginia . The company grew by franchising other restaurants like Wendy's , Ponderosa Steak House , Long John Silver's , and Jax. It wasn't until the 1970's the modern Rax would come into being. In 1970's General Foods gave up on their Jax concept and gave the restaurants to RAC. The Jax restaurants were renamed Rax in 1978 . At its peak, the Rax chain grew to over 500 locations in 38 states. However, in 1991 , the company filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy and the company scaled back many of its stores to its core markets in the Midwest, particularly Ohio , Pennsylvania , and West Virginia . In 1996 , yet again Rax filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. About 50 restaurants were sold off to Wendy's who were expanding their Tim Horton's brand. Rax is probably best known for introducing a Salad Bar , Solarium , and for adding foods typically not associated with fast food, like Roast Beef and Baked Potato , to their menus in the 1980's. Many of these changes were also implemented in Wendy's restaurants around the same time. CURRENT STATUS Today about 50 Rax restaurants remain, located in eastern Ohio , Indiana , western Pennsylvania , Virginia , Illinois , and West Virginia . Many of these are locations are still struggling. Certain Rax locations are co-branded with Long John Silver's , which is owned by Yum! Brands , who also operates KFC , Taco Bell , and Pizza Hut . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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