At its peak, the company was a symbol of good Southern cooking and operated 151 restaurants under the Morrison's name in 13 states.
Morrison helped develop the cafeteria dining concept, which was unique at the time and would later become characteristic of the Southern United States.
[1] Morrison's steadily expanded throughout the Southeast over the next two decades, eventually becoming the nation's largest cafeteria chain.
It used this acquisition to launch other casual dining concepts, such as L&N Seafood Grill, Silver Spoon Café, Mozzarella's, and Tia's Tex-Mex.
By the mid-1990s, the new restaurant concepts — particularly Ruby Tuesday — were doing far better than the original cafeteria chain, as customers' expectations and tastes had changed.