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October 1985
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stated in: Students love Gumby's (CT, 18 Jan 1992, p. 27) quotation: Gumby's started in Gainesville, Fla., in October 1985. | |||||||||||||||
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point in time: January 1992
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stated in: Students love Gumby's (CT, 18 Jan 1992, p. 27) quotation: their 16 restaurants can be found only in college towns. The Madison restaurant is the chain's fifth in the Big Ten. | |||||||||||||||
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point in time: August 1996
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point in time: 1996
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stated in: Gumbys Pizza home page (snapshot of May 21, 1997) (gumbyspizza.com, 21 May 1997) quotation: 25 corporate stores and two franchises | |||||||||||||||
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The chain's 1997 website named the founders as Jeff O'Brien and Chance Hippler, fraternity brothers who left the University of Florida in 1985; by 1996 there were 25 corporate stores and two franchises, dough and sauce made from scratch in every store. Madison was one of 23 cities on the 1997 store finder. | |||||||||||||||
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Latest revision as of 03:04, 24 October 2026
college-town pizza chain founded in Gainesville, Florida, in 1985
- Gumby's
- Gumby's Pizza & Wings
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college-town pizza chain founded in Gainesville, Florida, in 1985 |
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October 1985
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Gumby's started in Gainesville, Fla., in October 1985.
16
January 1992
1 reference
their 16 restaurants can be found only in college towns. The Madison restaurant is the chain's fifth in the Big Ten.
2
August 1996
27
1996
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25 corporate stores and two franchises
The chain's 1997 website named the founders as Jeff O'Brien and Chance Hippler, fraternity brothers who left the University of Florida in 1985; by 1996 there were 25 corporate stores and two franchises, dough and sauce made from scratch in every store. Madison was one of 23 cities on the 1997 store finder.
