Arthur Treacher 's - wikipedia Arthur Treacher 's Arthur Treacher 's Fish and Chips Type Subsidiary of TruFoods Systems, Inc Industry Restaurant Founded 1969 in Columbus, Ohio, U.S. Headquarters New York, U.S. Products Seafood Website www.arthurtreachersfranchising.com Arthur Treacher 's Fish & Chips is a fast food seafood restaurant chain. At the peak of its popularity in the late 1970s, it had about 800 stores. As of May 2018, there are only seven remaining : three in New York and four in Ohio. Most locations have been co-branded with Nathan 's Famous. The menu offers fried seafood or chicken, accompanied by chips. Its main competitors are Long John Silver 's and Captain D 's. Contents 1 Namesake 2 Franchising 3 Fisher Foods involvement 4 Aggressive expansion under Orange Co. 5 Effect of the ' cod wars ' 6 Acquisition by Mrs. Paul 's Seafood 7 Investor group 8 TruFoods Systems 9 See also 10 References 11 External links Namesake A since - closed Arthur Treacher 's co-branded with a Nathan 's Famous in Downtown Pittsburgh. The chain is the namesake of Arthur Treacher ( 1894 -- 1975 ), an English character actor typecast as `` the perfect butler '' for his performances as Jeeves, as a butler in several Shirley Temple films, and the role of Constable Jones in Walt Disney Productions ' Mary Poppins. At the time the chain was founded, Treacher was best known as the announcer and sidekick on the popular The Merv Griffin Show. Treacher `` served as a spokesman for the restaurant chain in its early years, underscoring the British character of its food. '' In a 1975 interview, New England franchise vice president M. John Elliott claimed the fish recipe to be the actor 's own, brought over from the United Kingdom. Franchising The franchise company was started in 1969 as National Fast Food Corp. National Fast Food 's principals at the time included S. Robert Davis, a real estate developer who built and leased several Colonel Sanders Kentucky Fried Chicken properties, his friend Dave Thomas, who sold his Colonel Sanders franchises back to that company for $3,000,000 and went on to found Wendy 's, and L.S. Hartzog, who at the time ran a chain of bakeries selling biscuits to Colonel Sanders franchisees nationally. Fisher Foods involvement In 1970, Fisher Foods swapped capital with and licensed franchises from National, with a total of 550 franchises sold ( 106 to Fisher alone ), but only 99 stores were actually in operation. Long John Silver 's, Captain D 's, Skipper 's and Alfie 's Fish & Chips likewise employed the fish franchise concept about the same time. Aided by Arthur Treacher 's advertisements, these companies introduced British fish and chips to northeastern America, albeit four years after Salt 's Fish & Chips ( later renamed H. Salt, Esq. Authentic English Fish and Chips ) introduced British fish and chips to America in California. Aggressive expansion under Orange co By the early 1970s, National Fast Food had become Orange Co. Under this name, Davis conducted an aggressive expansion campaign from 1972 through 1976. Lacking equity, he relied on generous sale - leaseback agreements. Under the terms of these agreements, Orange Co. would sell to investors sites for new restaurants and then sign long leases unconditionally guaranteeing to continue lease payments if the restaurants failed. Effect of the ' cod wars ' In the early 1970s, Britain and Iceland almost got into a shooting war over fishing rights after Iceland unilaterally implemented the 200 - mile ( 370 km ) fishing limit ; there were numerous confrontations between vessels, some armed and others with armed escort ships. These events were called the `` cod wars ''. Cod prices went from the low $2 range to mid - $3, which sent the low - priced fish restaurants into a tailspin, and all the companies retrenched. Acquisition by Mrs. Paul 's seafood On November 21, 1979, Orange Co. sold Arthur Treacher 's to Mrs. Paul 's. However, under the terms of its original sale - leaseback agreements, Orange Co. remained liable for millions of dollars of payments to investors. Mrs. Paul 's promptly replaced the Icelandic cod with less expensive pollock that was oilier and of inferior quality. The move exacerbated tensions with franchisees -- some of whom had already withheld a total of $5 million in royalties for what they perceived to be a steadily declining level of service. Litigation arising from the conflict eventually reached the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Investor group After losing the case to the franchisees and having no way to compensate them, Mrs. Paul 's sold Arthur Treacher 's to Lumara Foods of America Inc. in March 1982. Lumara Foods filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code four months later. The company was subsequently bought by a group of investors and the corporate offices were relocated to Youngstown, Ohio. It went into bankruptcy in 1983. Two years later, it was merged into a shell company by Jim Cataland. From 1985 to 1993, Cataland slowly expanded the company again. In 1993, money from a new group of investors was used to introduce a more modern seafood concept ; to buy additional stores ; and to move the company from its base operations in Youngstown, Ohio, to Jacksonville, Florida. In the mid-1980s, franchises in Detroit, Michigan were converted by their owner to a new chain called Seafood Bay. Arthur Treacher 's purchased six Seafood Bay locations back in 1997, but was unsuccessful in reverting them. The company experimented with co-branding, forming an alliance with Arby 's ( which got its start in the Youngstown suburb of Boardman ) for co-branded locations. One such location existed in Breezewood, Pennsylvania. However, by the late 1990s, Arby 's parent Triarc removed the Arthur Treacher 's portions of its co-branded Arby 's. Today, Arthur Treacher 's primary co-branding partner is Nathan 's Famous. TruFoods Systems The company holding the Arthur Treacher 's trademark was acquired by PAT Franchise Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of TruFoods Systems, Inc., in 2002. Nathan 's Famous bought the exclusive rights to market the Arthur Treacher 's trademark and sell their products co-branded with Nathan 's Own concepts Kenny Rogers Roasters and Miami Subs in 2006 ; however, PAT Franchise Systems has a license agreement with NF Treachers to sell Arthur Treacher 's Fish and Chips franchises in eight states. As of 2018, in addition to Arthur Treacher 's Fish and Chips, TruFoods Systems operated the following franchises : Pudgie 's Famous Chicken Ritter 's Frozen Custard Wall St. Deli See also Food portal Companies portal List of fish and chip restaurants List of seafood restaurants References Jump up ^ `` Restaurants Analysis : Bruce R. Galloway - Arthur Treacher 's Inc ''. Retrieved 1 January 2015. 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Galloway - Arthur Treacher 's Inc ''. Retrieved 1 January 2015. Jump up ^ `` 689 F. 2d 1137 - Arthur Treacher 's Franchisee Litigation v. A & B Management Corporation ''. Retrieved 1 January 2015. Jump up ^ `` Orange - co Can Finally Concentrate ''. Lakeland Ledger. 18 December 1983. Retrieved 1 January 2015. Jump up ^ `` Arthur Treacher 's buys six shuttered Seafood Bay units. ( Brief Article ) ''. Nation 's Restaurant News. 17 February 1997. Retrieved 2 September 2014. Jump up ^ `` TRUFOODS, LLC ''. 2008. Retrieved 2011 - 05 - 07. 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Question: what kind of fish did arthur treacher's use
Answer: Icelandic cod