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| accessdate = 2011-12-07 }}</ref> Shortly afterward, the company was sold to a private investment firm, CIC-Buffet Partners, an affiliate of Cardinal Investment Co.<ref>{{cite news |title=Furr's Restaurant Group to sell 54 restaurants |url= http://amarillo.com/stories/071503/new_furrsrestaurant.shtml|newspaper=[[Amarillo Globe-News]] |date=2003-07-15 |accessdate=December 19, 2011}}</ref>
| accessdate = 2011-12-07 }}</ref> Shortly afterward, the company was sold to a private investment firm, CIC-Buffet Partners, an affiliate of Cardinal Investment Co.<ref>{{cite news |title=Furr's Restaurant Group to sell 54 restaurants |url= http://amarillo.com/stories/071503/new_furrsrestaurant.shtml|newspaper=[[Amarillo Globe-News]] |date=2003-07-15 |accessdate=December 19, 2011}}</ref>


In January 2014 Furr's closed several locations, including [[Las Cruces, New Mexico]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Stockberger|first=Brook|title=Furr's Fresh Buffet in Las Cruces closes|url=http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-news/ci_24950097/furrs-fresh-buffet-las-cruces-closes|work=Sun-News report|publisher=The Las Cruces Sun-News|accessdate=20 January 2014}}</ref> [[Big Spring, Texas]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Hogg|first=Chris|title=Big Spring Crossing|url=http://www.facebook.com/groups/124877037549762/permalink/594818897222238/?comment_id=631223713581756&offset=0&total_comments=43|publisher=Facebook|accessdate=3 November 2013}}</ref> [[Wheat Ridge, Colorado]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Calhoun|first=Patricia|title=Furr's could be gone for good from Colorado|url=http://blogs.westword.com/cafesociety/2014/01/furrs.php|publisher=Denver Westword, LLC}}</ref> the last Furr's to close its doors, was in [[Wichita, Kansas]]. “We are closed for business,” says assistant general manager Tim Arnoldussen. “It’s just a corporate decision.”<ref>{{cite web|last=Rengers|first=Carrie|title=Last Furr’s Family Dining restaurant closes WICHITA — The last remaining Furr’s Family Dining restaurant in Wichita has closed.|url=http://blogs.kansas.com/haveyouheard/2014/01/16/last-furrs-family-dining-restaurant-closes/|publisher=The Wichita Eagle|accessdate=16 January 2014}}</ref>
In January 2014 Furr's closed several locations, including [[Las Cruces, New Mexico]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Stockberger|first=Brook|title=Furr's Fresh Buffet in Las Cruces closes|url=http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-news/ci_24950097/furrs-fresh-buffet-las-cruces-closes|work=Sun-News report|publisher=The Las Cruces Sun-News|accessdate=20 January 2014}}</ref> [[Big Spring, Texas]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Hogg|first=Chris|title=Big Spring Crossing|url=http://www.facebook.com/groups/124877037549762/permalink/594818897222238/?comment_id=631223713581756&offset=0&total_comments=43|publisher=Facebook|accessdate=3 November 2013}}</ref> and [[Wheat Ridge, Colorado]]. <ref>{{cite web|last=Calhoun|first=Patricia|title=Furr's could be gone for good from Colorado|url=http://blogs.westword.com/cafesociety/2014/01/furrs.php|publisher=Denver Westword, LLC}}</ref> The last Furr's to close its doors, was in [[Wichita, Kansas]]. “We are closed for business,” says assistant general manager Tim Arnoldussen. “It’s just a corporate decision.”<ref>{{cite web|last=Rengers|first=Carrie|title=Last Furr’s Family Dining restaurant closes WICHITA — The last remaining Furr’s Family Dining restaurant in Wichita has closed.|url=http://blogs.kansas.com/haveyouheard/2014/01/16/last-furrs-family-dining-restaurant-closes/|publisher=The Wichita Eagle|accessdate=16 January 2014}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 22:36, 1 July 2014

Furr's (also known as Furr's Cafeteria or Furr's Family Dining) was a chain of family restaurants in the United States started by Roy Furr. The first location opened in Hobbs, New Mexico in 1946. In corporate history it is notable for being a corporation in which an institutional investor TIAA-CREF was able to oust the board of directors.[citation needed] Furr's was purchased by the K mart Corp. in 1980 and subsequently sold by K mart to Michael Levenson's Limited National Partnership in 1988.[1] In 2000 the company established a new name, Furr's Restaurant Group.[2] The company reorganized under Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January 2003.[3] Shortly afterward, the company was sold to a private investment firm, CIC-Buffet Partners, an affiliate of Cardinal Investment Co.[4]

In January 2014 Furr's closed several locations, including Las Cruces, New Mexico,[5] Big Spring, Texas[6] and Wheat Ridge, Colorado. [7] The last Furr's to close its doors, was in Wichita, Kansas. “We are closed for business,” says assistant general manager Tim Arnoldussen. “It’s just a corporate decision.”[8]

References

  1. ^ http://www.answers.com/topic/furr-s-restaurant-group-inc
  2. ^ http://www.answers.com/topic/furr-s-restaurant-group-inc
  3. ^ "Furr's files reorganization plan". Dallas Business Journal. April 4, 2003. Retrieved 2011-12-07.
  4. ^ "Furr's Restaurant Group to sell 54 restaurants". Amarillo Globe-News. 2003-07-15. Retrieved December 19, 2011.
  5. ^ Stockberger, Brook. "Furr's Fresh Buffet in Las Cruces closes". Sun-News report. The Las Cruces Sun-News. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  6. ^ Hogg, Chris. "Big Spring Crossing". Facebook. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  7. ^ Calhoun, Patricia. "Furr's could be gone for good from Colorado". Denver Westword, LLC.
  8. ^ Rengers, Carrie. "Last Furr's Family Dining restaurant closes WICHITA — The last remaining Furr's Family Dining restaurant in Wichita has closed". The Wichita Eagle. Retrieved 16 January 2014.