John Galardi Wienerschnitzel opened a hot dog stand in Los Angeles in 1961, and has more than 300 outlets in 10 states in the United States to expand into a chain, has died, his company said Sunday.
Wienerschnitzel, Tastee Freeze and the original hamburger stand, the parent company Galardi Group, headquartered in Irvine, Calif., said in a statement, Galardi died of pancreatic cancer on Saturday. He was 75.
A native of Kansas City, Galardi start work, Glen - Bell, founder of Taco Bell (Taco Bell) Taco Tia restaurants in Pasadena in 1961, according to his company biography.
23 years old, want to carve out a niche in a landscape full of fast food burgers, chicken and taco restaurant, he opened his first restaurant, known as Der Wienerschnitzel, professional hot dogs and chili.
In the position of the the Wilmington section in Los Angeles and what would become a chain of about 350 sold more than 1.2 million hot dogs a year, the company said in a statement.
Most outlets are in California, but they are found throughout the American Southwest and Louisiana as the Far East.
The Galardi expand the company, including original burger stand and ice cream chains Tastee freeze.
Until his death, he still President Galardi Group's day-to-day day-to-day operations to Chief Operating Officer Dennis Tase, in 1993.
"Galardi was built, when life was simple a brand on behalf of a brand, so many American families a special place in the heart," Tase said in a statement. "He will be sorely missed."
The Judane Galardi, the Galardi his wife and four children survive.
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