Colonel Sanders Was A Mean Drunk

The recently departed Bob Evans, the founder of the Bob Evans chain of restaurants, recalled his days of travelling with Colonel Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, and Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy's, looking for "recipes to yank."

"Colonel Sanders liked the waitresses and he liked to drink," said Bob Evans. "He'd pick fights with the biggest guy in the restaurant. Sometimes, Dave and I had to drag him out of those places. He wanted to fight everybody."

Bob Evan's restaurants never made it out to California, but Mimi's Cafe, his other chain, did. It's fun to know that these franchises had simple beginnings, and that the three founders of some of the largest retail food companies in the industry started out as friends and rivals.