Re: Re: Favorite Fast Food It
By: MIKE POWELL to DARYL STOUT on Mon Jan 05 2026 08:54:00

Based on that timeline I don't guess it was Pepsi that ruined
Long John Silvers, but something did. I grew up in Louisville
in the 1970s and LJS was, at that time, sort of a cross between
"fast food" and a table service restaurant. It was sort of a

Pepsi owned KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, LJS, and A&W up to the late 90s.

Yum! Now holds that ppsition.

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Re: Re: Favorite Fast Food It
By: KJ5EKH to MIKE POWELL on Tue Jan 06 2026 09:31 am

Based on that timeline I don't guess it was Pepsi that ruined
Long John Silvers, but something did. I grew up in Louisville
in the 1970s and LJS was, at that time, sort of a cross between
"fast food" and a table service restaurant. It was sort of a

Pepsi owned KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, LJS, and A&W up to the late 90s.

Pepsico bought KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell, they never owned LJS, or A&W. KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell were spun off into Tricon Global Restaurants. Tricon was later renamed Yum! Brands Inc., which now owns these and other restaurants like Habit Burger.
A&W Restaurants and Long John Silver's (LJS) are no longer owned by the same company;
Yum! Brands sold both chains in 2011 to focus on KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell. A&W was sold to A Great American Brand, LLC, a franchisee-led group, while Long John Silver's went to LJS Partners LLC, a consortium of franchisees and investors.

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Mike,

Pretty soon, we'll go to DunkinChickenBurgerBell and they'll 3D print the

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for you. Make sure they swap the fat cartridge between franchises!

Reading that made my stomach turn. :O :D

If it's Mexican related, they better swap out the fart cartridge. <G>

Daryl

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Pepsi owned KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, LJS, and A&W up to the late 90s.

Yum! Now holds that ppsition.

Yum! is/was located here in Kentucky. I was trying to remember their
name in this echo or another one. LOL, that is not an easy name to forget,
but I managed it. ;)
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Ive lived in areas with a large hispanic population and have been fortunate to have taco trucks and taquerias with wonderful, authentic mexican food.

According to Gabriel Iglesias, taco trucks are the best places to get

authen

Yeah we have a small local chain (2 locations) here called Aguacates
that's as authentic as it gets.

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I have not had much experience with food trucks, aside from the odd BBQ trucks that used to park downtown near where I worked. In Paducah -- several hours away -- there is a very small drive-up mexican place that apparently started as a truck. I wish I could remember the name... they were at least as good as King Taco.

Yeah, in the spring and summer months here, we see lots of hotdog carts
out. Especially in downtown Buffalo and around Sahlen Field during
Bisons games.

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