Logan's was, which opened its first restaurant in 1991, was a public company in 1995 through 1999, until CBRL acquired the outfit. During that time, Logan's grew from 42 restaurants in nine states to 134 company-owned units in 17 states, as well as an additional 25 that are operated by franchisees. Three years ago Logan's operated 84 units.

Executives are forecasting that the company could open a total of 1,200 US units. Within potential markets, they say that an additional 400 to 600 restaurants could be added. A majority of Logan's locations are currently in southern states.

Since 2002, Logan's total revenues have increased from $241.1 million, to $376.6 million last year. However, over the last nine months ended April 30, income from operations dropped 9.5%, from $21.9 million to $19.9 million. Same-store sales over that sale period only inched up 1.15 year over year.