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      • The chain began as a restaurant founded by Howard Deering Johnson in 1925; in the 1950s, the company expanded operations by opening hotels, then known as Howard Johnson's Motor Lodges, which were often located next to restaurants.
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  2. Howard Johnson by Wyndham, [5] or more commonly Howard Johnson's and legally Howard Johnson International, Inc., [2] is an American hotel brand as well as a former restaurant chain. Since 2006, all hotels and company trademarks have been owned by Wyndham Hotels and Resorts. As of 2024, there are 280 hotels in 15 countries.

  3. Aug 26, 2021 · In the 1950s and 1960s, Howard Johnson’s rose to become the largest American restaurant chain, the first giant in the industry. The company’s familiar orange roofs and steeples covered much of the U.S. highway system. “HoJo’s” was also a leader in the development of roadside lodging.

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  4. Nov 11, 2021 · Raising the Roof. Howard Johnson's was an early franchise success story. / Jim Griffin, Flickr // Public Domain. Unlike the fictitious Betty Crocker, the food empire of Howard Johnson’s was...

  5. The first Howard Johnson’s on Wollaston Beach in Quincy, Massachusetts back in the 1920’s with his 28 flavors of ice cream – Source: Boston Globe. With a $2,000 loan Howard opened the “ Howard D. Johnson Co. Patent Medicines and Toilet Articles ” shop. The famed “original 28 flavors” – Source: Howard Johnson’s.

  6. Jun 13, 2022 · By 1929, he opened a second shop and then, in the midst of the Great Depression, Johnson pioneered the idea of restaurant franchising. His first franchise in Cape Cod was an immediate smash, and...

  7. Designed as fast food restaurants, the units were self-service and offered a limited menu. The concept did not live up to projections and only six were ever put into operation. The three locations in Ohio eventually dropped the HoJo Junction name and became simply Howard Johnson's.

  8. Howard Deering Johnson (February 2, 1897 – June 20, 1972) was an American entrepreneur, businessman, and the founder of an American chain of restaurants and motels under one company of the same name, Howard Johnson's.

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