Waffle House

Waffle House, Inc.
Trade name	Waffle House
Company type	Private
Industry	Restaurants
Genre	Casual dining
Founded	September 5, 1955; Avondale Estates, Georgia, United States
Founders	Joe Rogers; Tom Forkner
Headquarters	5986 Financial Drive, Norcross, Georgia, United States
Number of locations	1,973
Area served	25 U.S. states
Key people	Walter G. Ehmer (president and CEO)
Products	Waffles, breakfast food, sandwiches
Revenue	$1 billion
Number of employees	40,000
Subsidiaries	WH Capital, L.L.C.
Website	wafflehouse.com

Waffle House, Inc. is an American restaurant chain with over 1,900 locations in 25 states in the United States.^[4] The bulk of the locations are in the Midwest and especially the South, where the chain is a regional cultural icon.^[5] The menu consists mainly of Southern breakfast food.^[6] Waffle House is headquartered in Norcross, Georgia, in the Atlanta metropolitan area.^[7]

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