Rax restaurants may be expanding again soon

Ironton Tribune wrote The Rax trademark has been purchased by local store owner Rich Donohue

By Mark Shaffer/The Ironton Tribune

Thursday, February 14, 2008

If you want to open a Rax, you’ve got to talk to Rich. In December, Rich Donohue bought the Rax trademark. Not bad for a guy who started working as a sandwich maker in the 1980s for the franchise he now owns.

Last year, Donohue formed From Rax to Rich’s and bought the Rax trademark from Ohio Valley Fresh Foods. Donohue’s company was planning on expanding with more stores in Kentucky.

“It was getting expensive because of license costs,” he said. “So it made economic sense if we wanted to have more stores. We thought it would be to our advantage to buy the trademark and bypass the licensing expense.”

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