12 Facts About Fuddruckers

Fuddruckers is an American fast casual, franchised restaurant chain that specializes in hamburgers.

The Fuddruckers concept is to offer large hamburgers in which the meat is ground on-site and buns are baked on the premises.

Fuddruckers was founded as Freddie Fuddruckers in 1979 by Philip J Romano in San Antonio, Texas, at a location converted from an old bank to a restaurant.

Fuddruckers was purchased in November 1998 by Michael Cannon, and later it was purchased by Magic Brands.

Fuddruckers management had been concerned that the presence of armed patrons might deter unarmed ones from visiting, but the move caused controversy among pro-gun advocates who threatened to retaliate with boycotts of Fuddruckers restaurants.

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Fuddruckers did not have a definitive timeline for future transactions, but expected to eventually wind down remaining operations.

In 2011, Fuddruckers had 200 restaurants throughout North America, of which two-thirds were owned by small business owners and 59 were company-operated locations.

From 2005 to 2010, Fuddruckers was headquartered in southwest Austin, Texas; before that, in North Andover, Massachusetts, before that at Cherry Hill Park in Beverly, Massachusetts, before that in One Corporate Place in Danvers, Massachusetts; before that, in Lakeside Office Park in Wakefield, Massachusetts.

Fuddruckers opened their first Middle Eastern location opening in May 1994 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia by Arabian Food Supplies.

Fuddruckers opened restaurants in Argentina in 1988; later sales fell and Fuddruckers left the country.

In 2013, Fuddruckers opened its first restaurant in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, which later closed.

In 2014, Fuddruckers partnered with Italian-based franchisee Vinum et Alia to open 10 restaurants across Italy, Poland, and Switzerland.