Luby's

Luby’s Restaurant Corporation
Luby's
Formerly
  • Luby's Cafeterias, Inc.
    (1947–1959; 1981–2005)
  • Cafeterias, Inc.
    (1959–1981)
  • Lubys, Inc.
    (2005–2022)
Company typePrivate
IndustryCasual dining restaurant
Founded1947; 77 years ago (1947) (as Luby's Cafeterias, Inc.)
San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
FounderRobert M. "Bob" Luby
FateAcquired by Calvin Gin
HeadquartersHouston, Texas, U.S.
Key people
  • Christopher J. Pappas (president and CEO)
  • K. Scott Gray (Senior vice-president and CFO)
  • Todd Coutee (COO)
  • B. Todd Coutee (Senior vice-president of operations)
ProductsHomestyle food, cafeteria, American
RevenueDecrease US$323.47 million (2019)
Increase −US$15.226 million (2019)
OwnerCalvin Gin
Number of employees
6133 (2019)
ParentFlying Food Group
SubsidiariesKoo Koo Roo (defunct)
Cheeseburger in Paradise (defunct)
Fuddruckers (2011–2020)
Websitewww.lubys.com

Luby’s Restaurant Corporation is a chain of cafeteria-style restaurants in Texas. In the past, Luby's Inc. also owned the Fuddruckers, Koo Koo Roo, and Cheeseburger in Paradise restaurant chains.

As of April 2024, the company operates 38 locations in Texas. Its headquarters is in the Near Northwest district of Houston, Texas. The original location was founded in 1947 in San Antonio, Texas, by Robert Luby (1910–1998).

Luby's Culinary Services provides contract food-service management to 18 healthcare, higher education, and corporate dining locations, such as Texas Children's Hospital, Lone Star College, and formerly, Baylor College of Medicine, which ended its relationship with Luby's in March 2015.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Wollam, Allison (January 19, 2010). "Luby's cooks up Lone Star College deal". Houston Business Journal. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Luby's Culinary Services". lubyscs.com.
  3. ^ "Luby's Opens New Dining Facility at Baylor College of Medicine". Red Orbit. August 20, 2007. Retrieved 24 June 2011.