The company was founded by Roe Hatlen and C. Dennis Scott in 1983. Scott left in 1989 to start HomeT.. read moreown, but the two chains merged back together in September 1996. The current Chief Executive Officer is R. Michael Andrews.
On November 1, 2006, Buffets Inc. acquired Ryan's Restaurant Group adding 340 Ryan's Grill Buffet and Bakery and Fire Mountain Grills locations.
On January 22,...