DENVER — Family casual-dining franchise Quaker Steak & Lube has increased its franchise development efforts and is seeking entrepreneurs interested in opening multiple restaurants in Colorado. The chain also plans to expand within Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee and Wisconsin.
Earlier this year the TA Restaurant Group acquired Quaker Steak & Lube. The TA Restaurant Group is a division of TravelCenters of America, a Fortune 500 company. The more than 750 locations in the TA Restaurant Group’s operation include 10 proprietary and nearly 30 franchised restaurant brands nationwide.
Quaker Steak & Lube, founded over 40 years ago in Pennsylvania in a renovated filling station, now includes over 50 locations in 14 states across the U.S.
Since opening its first restaurant in 1967, the TA Restaurant Group includes more than 750 quick-service restaurants, full-service restaurants and other food outlets. The TA Restaurant Group is a division of TravelCenters of America LLC, which offers diesel and gasoline fueling, restaurants, truck repair facilities, convenience stores and other services in 43 states and in Canada.