the last colorado location . furr s also known as furr s cafeteria furr s family dining or furr s fresh buffet is a chain of family restaurants in the united states started by roy furr . the first location opened in 1946 in hobbs new mexico . for many decades furr s was known for cafeteria style dining but has since redeveloped into buffet style dining . as of january 2016 there were twenty five furr s fresh buffets located throughout texas new mexico arkansas arizona and oklahoma . 1 history edit in 1946 brothers roy and key furr founded the first furr s restaurant opened in hobbs in southeastern new mexico . a second location was opened in odessa texas in 1947 . furr s was purchased by the kmart corp. in 1980 2 and subsequently sold by kmart to michael levenson s limited national partnership in 1988 . citation needed . in 1998 its corporate history is notable for having its board of directors ousted by an institutional investor tiaa cref . 3 in 2000 the company established a new name furr s restaurant group . 4 the company reorganized under chapter 11 bankruptcy in january 2003 . 5 shortly afterward the company was sold to a private investment firm cic buffet partners an affiliate of cardinal investment co. 6 in january 2014 furr s closed several locations including las cruces new mexico 7 big spring texas citation needed wheat ridge colorado and wichita kansas . 8 we are closed for business says assistant general manager tim arnoldussen . it s just a corporate decision . 9 in june 2014 furr s fresh buffet was sold to a san antonio company food management partners which planned to begin opening new sites . 10 references edit http www.furrs.net locations furr s fresh buffet locations yoshihara nancy january 28 1985 . k mart breaks away from its pattern of 1960s . los angeles times . retrieved july 13 2015 . http whatreallyhappened.com wrharticles wtc tiaa cref.html furr s restaurant group inc . ighrm . retrieved march 8 2015 . furr s files reorganization plan . dallas business journal . april 4 2003 . retrieved 2011 12 07 . furr s restaurant group to sell 54 restaurants . amarillo globe news . 2003 07 15 . retrieved december 19 2011 . stockberger brook . furr s fresh buffet in las cruces closes . sun news report . the las cruces sun news . retrieved 20 january 2014 . calhoun patricia . furr s could be gone for good from colorado . denver westword llc . rengers carrie . last furr s family dining restaurant closes wichita the last remaining furr s family dining restaurant in wichita has closed . . the wichita eagle . retrieved 16 january 2014 . http www.dallasnews.com business restaurants hotels 20140623 furrs fresh buffet sold to san antonio company.ece external links edit official website this us based restaurant or restaurant chain article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title furr % 27s & oldid 743662953 categories regional restaurant chains in the united statesbuffet restaurantsrestaurants in new mexicolea county new mexicocompanies based in plano texascompanies based in san antoniorestaurants established in 19461946 establishments in new mexicounited states restaurant stubshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from july 2015articles with unsourced statements from may 2015all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 16 41 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view