Furr's (also known as Furr's Cafeteria, Furr's Family Dining, Furr's Fresh Buffet, and Furr's All-You-Can-Eat Marketplace) was a chain of family restaurants in the United States started by Roy Furr. The first location opened in 1946 in Hobbs, New Mexico. For many decades, Furr's was known for cafeteria-style dining but eventually redeveloped into buffet-style dining.
History
In 1946, brothers Roy and Key Furr founded the first Furr's restaurant, which opened in Hobbs in southeastern New Mexico. A second location was opened in Odessa, Texas, in 1947.
Furr's was purchased by the Kmart Corp. in 1980,[1] and subsequently sold by Kmart to Michael Levenson's Limited National Partnership in 1988.
In 1998, its corporate history was notable for having its board of directors ousted by an institutional investor TIAA-CREF.
In 2000, the company established a new name, Furr's Restaurant Group.[2] In December 2002, Furr's closed its two locations in Las Vegas as part of a corporate downsizing plan to close 11 under-performing restaurants across the United States by the end of the year.