This restaurant operator comes with a side of technology. ELXSI Corporation's hospitality division operates about 15 family-style restaurants in New England, while its CUES division manufactures sewer inspection equipment. The eateries operate under the Bickford's Grille brand and offer casual dining with an emphasis on breakfast items served throughout the day. Its equipment manufacturing operation makes remote-control video cameras and robotic cutting devices used by municipalities and contractors. ELXSI is controlled by chairman and CEO Alexander Milley.

Breakfast is served all day in this kitchen. Kitchen Investment Group, which does business as Country Kitchen International, operates and franchises about 90 Country Kitchen family dining restaurants in more than 20 states. The chain, found mostly in the Midwest, is popular for its breakfast menu, which is served all day. Country Kitchen locations also offer lunch and dinner options such as sandwiches, soups, pork chops, and steak. The company co-brands many of its locations with French bread pizza maker Breadeaux Pizza. Kentucky native Bill Johnson opened the first Country Kitchen in Cincinnati in 1939. CEO (and former top franchisee) Charles Meyers acquired the chain from Carlson Companies in 1997.

Millie's Restaurant & Bakery operates more than a dozen casual-dining restaurants in Southern California. The chain specializes in comfort foods such as omelets, steaks, and burgers. Millie's locations also feature on-site bakeries that dish out pies and cakes. Founded in 1982 by R&M Foods and acquired by John Bifone in 2000, the chain is being sold to Custom Restaurant & Hospitality Group, a Southern California-based business targeting acquisitions in the foodservices sector. Bifone also owns Calabee's, an operator of Applebee's franchises; he previously served as president of family dining chain Country Kitchen.

Foodies with a burning passion for seafood might turn to this company. Formerly JCS Holdings, Ignite Restaurant Group operates Joe's Crab Shack, a leading casual dining chain with more than 110 locations in Texas, California, Florida, and about 25 other states. The eateries feature a wide variety of grilled, fried, and stuffed seafood, along with sandwiches and sides. The seafood chain is known for its fun and quirky surf-inspired atmosphere where the servers are often part of the entertainment. In addition to its flagship restaurant brand, Ignite operates a small number of Brick House Tavern + Tap locations. The company is backed by private equity group J. H. Whitney Capital Partners.

Surely the Clapham House Group has something to satisfy your taste! The company operates more than 65 restaurants in the UK under such brands as The Bombay Bicycle Club, Gourmet Burger Kitchen, and The Real Greek. Its Bombay Bicycle Club, an Indian restaurant chain, offers sit-down, take-away, and home-delivery services from three restaurants and nine delivery kitchens in London. Gourmet Burger Kitchens offer a variety of sandwich options, while Real Greek features Mediterranean food and wines.

Fitness First Plc is one of the world's leading fitness club operators with some 550 locations and more than 1.5 million members in more than 20 countries. About 170 clubs are located in the UK. The company has launched a franchise business to open Fitness First clubs in the Middle East and North Africa. Fitness First's clubs offer a variety of exercise equipment, weight management programs, exercise classes, spas and steam rooms, tanning beds, and lounges. The company is owned by European private equity firm BC Partners.

Ice cream means cold cash for Braum's. W. H. Braum operates a chain of about 280 Braum's Ice Cream and Dairy Stores in Oklahoma, Texas, and a handful of other states. Popular for its ice cream and other frozen treats, the chain also serves breakfast items, sandwiches, and salads. In addition, the stores sell grocery items such as milk, cheese, and other dairy products, along with baked goods. The family-owned company has more than 10,000 dairy cows and grows its own cattle feed. Family patriarch Henry Braum started the business in 1933, opening a chain of Peter Pan ice cream stores in Kansas during the 1950s. His son Bill later took over the business, sold the stores, and started his own retail chain in 1968. Bill Braum opened the first Braum's Ice Cream and Dairy Store...but the Braum story actually begins long before that time, spanning three generations with over six decades of history behind it.

This King may be Greene, but some of ales served in its pubs are golden. Greene King is a leading pub company and brewer in the UK with more than 2,500 drinking and eating establishments. Its estate includes more than 1,400 leased and tenanted pubs, along with nearly 800 managed pubs operating under such names as Hungry Horse and Hardy's House. The company's managed pubs chain also includes more than 300 locations in Scotland run through its Belhaven unit. In addition to pubs, Greene King operates about 40 upscale seafood restaurants through Loch Fyne Restaurants. Greene King's brewing operations market several brands of ale, including Abbot Ale, Greene King IPA, and Old Speckled Hen.

With nearly 50 company and franchised locations worldwide, Damon's International, Inc., is a leading full-service, casual dining restaurant concept that emphasizes prime rib, grilled steaks, chicken, seafood, salad and Damon's award-winning ribs. Guests enjoy a quiet dining room or Damon's high-energy Clubhouse that features DTV, a proprietary, state-of-the-art multi-screen entertainment system offering sports, network programming and interactive games. Founded in 1979, Damon's International, Inc., is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

Atlantic Lottery Corporation (ALC) operates lotteries and other games of chance in the Atlantic Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. It manages scratch-off card games, regional lottery drawings, and video lottery games, as well as interactive games played online. All of the profits generated by the company's games are returned to the provinces and used for a variety of programs. ALC was formed in 1976 and is owned by the four provincial governments.

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