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J. Alexander's Holdings company history timeline

1971

In 1971 the business was sold to Heublein Inc., with Massey pocketing $45 million in the deal.

1971: The company forms to lease equipment.

1978

He cut his ties to Hospital Corp. in 1978, but he did not have to worry about retirement and the boredom that accompanied it.

1982

Also in 1982, Volunteer Capital changed its name to Winners Corp.

1986

Following a difficult first quarter in 1986, President and CEO M.V. Hussung, Jr., resigned.

1988

Winners found itself the object of an unwelcome suitor in 1988 when F.J. Spillman, the former head of the Pizza Inn chain, announced his desire to buy the Mrs.

1990

Massey died in February 1990 at the age of 85, replaced as chairman by Stout, and would not see the birth of the company's upscale dinner-house concept, J. Alexander's.

1994

The company resumed opening new units in 1994, moving into Columbus, Ohio, and Oak Brook, Illinois.

1995

Volunteer Capital opened four restaurants in 1995, in Ft.

1996

Clearly, the J. Alexander's chain was the future of the company, and so in November 1996 Volunteer Capital sold 52 of its 58 Wendy's restaurants to Wendy's International.

After posting a profit of $7.2 million in 1996, the company now suffered a loss of nearly $6 million.

1998

In 1998 revenues grew to $74.2 million (for 53 weeks due to a change in the company's fiscal year), and the net loss fell to $1.5 million.

1998: Management rejects a bid by O'Charley's Inc. to buy the J. Alexander's chain.

2001

Despite difficult economic conditions that prevailed in 2001, J. Alexander's managed to remain profitable.

2004

Management decided not to add any new restaurants in 2004, electing rather to concentrate on the growth of its existing units.

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