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AOL Money & Finance has a feature on the origin of some famous brands named after people. Here are some of the ones that I found particularly interesting:
- Arby's stands for R.B., the initials of the Raffel Brothers. Many people think it stands for roast beef.
- Taco Bell was founded by Glen Bell. I thought they just liked the bell logo. Who knew?
- Baskin-Robbins was a combination of two ice cream stores, one started by Irvine Robbins and the other by Burton Baskin. This one shouldn't have surprised me, but it did.
- Wendy's was named after Dave Thomas' (the founder) daughter's nick name. He had 5 kids. You have to wonder what the other ones thought of his choice.
Check out the rest of the 39 brands for more interesting facts.
