Golden Corral Business Overview

About Golden Corral

Golden Corral, based in Raleigh, NC is the Nation’s largest buffet chain. We are an iconic American brand with a loyal customer base. Golden Corral is famous for its variety, including USDA steaks cooked to order, fried chicken, tender pot roast, hot yeast rolls, and desserts like homemade carrot cake and assorted chocolate-dipped fresh strawberries, marshmallows and rice krispies treats.

Business History

Golden Corral’s first restaurant opened in 1973 in Fayetteville, N.C., as a family steakhouse. In the mid-’80s, guests’ requests for additional entrees and an expanded salad bar prompted the company to reinvent itself by introducing the 400-seat “Buffet and Grill.”