#chain-decline

#chain-decline

Such is the case with Shoney's, a diner chain specializing in popular American breakfast fare. The first Shoney's location opened in Charleston, West Virginia, in 1947 as a small drive-in restaurant. Just five years later, the restaurant was incorporated into the Big Boy Restaurants franchise. However, despite its early decades of success, the chain would soon face allegations of mismanagement and racism, which ultimately led to its long, slow decline.