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Luby's, Inc. (formerly Luby's Cafeterias, Inc. and NYSE: LUB) operates restaurants under the brands Luby's, Fuddruckers, (Koo Koo Roo ), and Cheeseburger in Paradise. It was founded in 1947 in San Antonio, Texas, United States by Robert Luby (1910-1998). Its 95 Luby's cafeteria-style restaurants are located in Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, the Rio Grande Valley, and other cities throughout Texas; with one each in Arkansas and Mississippi, and two in Oklahoma. Its headquarters is in the Near Northwest district of Houston, Texas. Its Fuddruckers restaurants include fifty-six company-operated locations and 129 franchises across the United States with one location in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, five in Puerto Rico, and one each in Villahermosa, Tabasco, and Santo Domingo. Its former Koo Koo Roo Chicken Bistro location (closed in June 2014 and due to reopen as a Fuddruckers) served chicken sandwiches, tossed salads, vegetables, and soups in Santa Monica, California. Luby's Culinary Services provides contract food service management to eighteen healthcare, higher education, and corporate dining locations, such as Texas Children's Hospital, Lone Star College, and formerly, Baylor College of Medicine, which ended its relationship with Luby's in March 2015.〔(Luby's Culinary Services )〕 ==History== Bob Luby was one year old when his father, Harry, opened his first cafeteria called the New England Dairy Lunch. Bob opened his first Luby's Cafeteria in 1947, focusing on fresh food and customer service. Luby's soon expanded outside of San Antonio, Texas to Tyler, Harlingen, El Paso, and Beaumont. In 1959, the original partners formed Cafeterias, Inc. Luby's continued to grow, entering other Texas cities and locations in contiguous states. Luby's entered Houston for the first time when it opened Romana Cafeteria in 1965. Locations opened in New Mexico in 1966 and in Oklahoma in 1980. In 1973, Cafeterias, Inc. became a publicly traded company. To honor Bob Luby, Cafeterias, Inc., was renamed Luby's Cafeterias, Inc., in 1981. One year later, Luby's shares were listed on the New York Stock Exchange. By 1987 Luby's had reached 100 locations. In 2001, Chris and Harris Pappas of Houston's Pappas Restaurants (owners of Pappasito's Cantina, Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen, etc.) joined the Luby's management team. Three years later, Luby's moved its corporate headquarters from San Antonio to Houston. The addition of the Pappas management team saw several Luby's restaurants begin to transition from traditional cafeteria-style establishments to hybrid cafeteria/fine dining establishments, replacing drink cart attendants with traditional waitstaff and extensively remodeling selected locations. Luby’s celebrated its 60th anniversary in December 2006 with publishing “Luby’s Recipes & Memories: A Collection of our Favorite Dishes and Heartwarming Stories,” a cookbook featuring its most requested recipes, helpful hints and tips and photography of real guests and their personal memories and stories throughout the book. The cookbook went on to win several awards, including the “USA Gourmand Award” for best cookbook photography and the “Independent Publisher Award” bronze winner for cookbooks. In 2008, Luby’s published a special edition of the cookbook that included 12 additional recipes. The 60th anniversary cookbooks were a response to the popularity of the original Luby’s cookbook, published in 1997 in honor of the Company’s 50th anniversary.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.food.com/cookbook/lubys-cafeteria-80013 )〕 In 2009, due to the economic recession, Luby's closed 25 stores and laid off staff as a cost-cutting measure.〔"(Luby's closes 25 stores )." ''KTRK-TV''. Monday November 16, 2009. Retrieved on February 26, 2010.〕 In 2010 Luby's Culinary Services introduced "What's Brewing?", a coffeehouse concept store in Downtown Houston.〔"(Luby’s posts 2Q net loss as sales slide )." ''Houston Business Journal''. Thursday March 18, 2010.〕〔"(Luby's Culinary Services Introduces What's Brewing at 1301 Fannin in Downtown Houston )." ''PR Newswire''. Retrieved on March 22, 2010.〕 The same year, on June 18, Luby's announced it was buying Fuddruckers and (Koo Koo Roo ) for $61 million after parent company Magic Brands LLC went bankrupt. The acquisition was final later in the summer. On June 13, 2011, to celebrate the first anniversary of its milestone Fuddruckers acquisition, Luby’s launched its first company-owned Fuddruckers location. Situated in the heart of downtown Houston’s seven-mile (11 km) tunnel system, the concept store showcases a more compact footprint. In 2013, Luby's acquired Cheeseburger in Paradise. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Luby's」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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